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FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 5, 2004   RAMADAN 23, 1425 A.H.           SON to embark on campaign against substandard tyres The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) will on Wednesday kick off a campaign against the use of substandard and �tokunbo� tyres. The Director General of SON, Dr John Akanya, who disclosed this in Lagos on Tuesday at a stakeholders forum, however, warned that from January 2005, SON would put in place conformity assessment to prevent bad tyres from coming into the country. Akanya said that a recent survey revealed that there were about 147 brands of tyres in the market, �some are animal driven vehicles tyres or snow and winter retreated tyres, while some of the new tyres are climatically friendly.�� He lamented that most of these tyres posed alot of danger to the lives of the drivers as well as passengers. Quoting the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) statistics, he said a total of 68,3296 road accidents occurred nationwide between 1998 and 2002, while about 33,689 persons lost their lives in the same period. The FRSC statistics showed that 67 per cent of road accidents were due to tyre failures, 77 per cent of tyre failures were from substandard and imported tyres, while mortality rate from road accidents, injuries cost Africa 3.7 billion dollars or 1 per cent of the GDP. Akanya explained that some of the control mechanisms currently in operation included port/border inspection/enforcement activities, tracing the sources of used/substandard tyres, registration of tyres, all tyres more than 4 years are prohibited, certificate of all imports and standard review. The Lagos State Commissioner for Transport, Mr Muiz Banire, described buying of used tyres as �penny wise pounds foolish�� as a result of the danger involved in the use of second hand tyres. He commended the efforts of SON and urged everybody to support this efforts to make the campaign effective. The commissioner lamented that the importation of used tyres was not only dangerous but also bad for local companies as well as worsening unemployment situation in the country. �The Lagos State government will do everything to support the effort by SON in finding where the culprits are so that the objective will be achived,�� he said. SITE TOOLS Print This Page   EMAIL THIS PAGE Friend's Name: Friend's  Email: Your Name: Your Email:           � Triumph Publishing Company Limited 2004

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