The Nigerian government has since 2016 been making repeated promises to end the importation of dirty fuels.
In June 2016, members of the Economic Community of West African States convened for a two-day workshop in Abuja.
The sole aim was to chart ways to transit into using low sulphur fuels in their respective countries.
At the end of the event, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana and Côte D’Ivoire agreed to ban the importation of Europe’s dirty fuels, thus limiting sulphur in fuels from 3000ppm to 50ppm.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said the move would help to drastically reduce vehicle emissions and help over 250 million people to breathe safer and cleaner air.
The abuse of mind altering substances enhances criminality
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has linked the current challenge of internal security in the country to uncontrolled influx and use of psychotropic medicines such as Tramadol and other chemicals. This much was corroborated by Sheik Ahmad Gumi after his interactions with Fulani bandits in Zamfara recently. “The challenge of internal security within the country was traced to the uncontrolled influx and use of psychotropic medicines such as tramadol and chemicals that could be diverted for terrorist activities,” the NAFDAC Director-General, Mojisola Adeyeye, warned in Abuja.
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THE Shippers Association of Lagos State (SALS) has revealed that the Standards Organisation of Nigeria Conformity Assessment Programme (SONCAP) is not adding any value to shipping, but rather increasing the bottlenecks surrounding importation at Nigerian ports.
Speaking exclusively with the Nigerian Tribune in Lagos, President of SALS, Reverend Jonathan Nicol, lamented that with the planned introduction of the Cargo Tracking Notes (CTN) otherwise referred to as ECTN (Electronic Cargo Tracking Note), agencies like the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) will no longer be needed at the ports.
According to Rev. Nicol, “We are not gaining anything from the SONCAP certificate. It has no value to shipping. Rather, the SONCAP has become a bottleneck to shipping because without it, you cannot even open a Form M. Where is this done in the world?
He called on the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and other stakeholders responsible for regulating quality of tyres to join hands with the group in tackling the menace.
Maitakobi while charging the new leaders to lead by example in handling the affairs of the association, also warned them on engaging in embezzlement, or any activity capable of threatening the peaceful coexistence of the group, and the country by extension.
He specifically advised all RTEAN members to avoid night journeys going by the condition of many roads and also insecurity, just as he had charged them to abide by all traffic rules and regulations at all times.
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In June 2016, members of the Economic Community of West African States convened for a two-day workshop in Abuja.
The sole aim was to chart ways to transit into using low sulphur fuels in their respective countries.
At the end of the event, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana and Côte D’Ivoire agreed to ban the importation of Europe’s dirty fuels, thus limiting sulphur in fuels from 3000ppm to 50ppm.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said the move would help to drastically reduce vehicle emissions and help over 250 million people to breathe safer and cleaner air.
By the end of that year, Nigeria again hosted a