This revelation was made by the Controller Federation Operations Unit Zone A, Lagos of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mr Madugu Sanni Jubrin when speaking with newsmen.
According to him, the small generators are banned by Federal Government because they are causing air pollution and destruction of lungs and breathing system.
To me, this reason is primitive and utopia, the people that died due to the poisonous gas that is being emitted from this generators were a bit careless.
Going by its manual, it is always stated that the generators should be placed a substantial distance away from closed area (indoor). This in short means that they should always be placed outdoor.
For the fact that some sector of people malhandled the usage of the generators shouldn't make federal government to take a blanket decision as to it.
The advantages of the generators are far above the disadvantages. It is true that we voted for "change" but what we should get is a "change for better" not the other way round.
Governance is all about providing succur in basic and social lives of the citizenry. The step can be seen as a very nice one but ill-timed.
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For Federal Government to ban them, there should be viable alternative or even alternatives. The electricity supply is still epileptic, no increment in the power generation lately.
It is callous for FG to expect a child that is still crawling to be running, should be first thing first. President Muhammadu Buhari led government should not commit the same mistake that immediate past President, Goodluck Jonathan did as regards power.
Jonathan wasted his energy on power distribution instead of power generation. The so-called DISCO can only distribute what is available to them.
Power should be fixed first, after which this kind of anti-people policy can be debated. Though the emergence of Barr Babatunde Fashola as the super minister that is overseeing power presently may bring about some notable change(s) in the sector going by his antecedent as the Governor of Lagos State.
This policy will bring about untold hardship on the masses, in term of having an alternative to power supply from so-called DISCO. In that the generators are pocket friendly and easy to maintain in term of servicing and fuel consumption.
Moreover, this satanic idea will lead to job loss, for instance, mobile phone chargers, generator seller and repairers, small shop owners that rely solely on electricity such as barbers, fashion designers, computer center owners.
It will have a multiplier effects on the economy of the people at the lower rung of the ladder. If the present government can't make life beautiful for us, they should leave us the way they met us!
You don't just ban something without providing an alternative at least... Can we produce it locally? The answer is NO.
I call on the widely loved President Muhammadu Buhari to call the custom to order and if at all they are carrying out his order, the issue should be debated in our hallow chambers.
This ill-timed cum satanic decision should not allow to stand!!!
Truth
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