The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), says it has spent about N20 million in destroying more than three million fake and sub-standard tyres nationwide. Na wa o! N20 million to destroy 3 million tyres. They added they still had about 2 million tyres in your dump site.

There are over 400 unemployed Nigerians who can destroy them for much less,

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/National/5749673-146/story.csp

The runny thing is they are just burning these tyre, heavy dark smoke everywhere

later you hear them speak gigantic english- what happened to recyling the tyres or using them as road furniture

20 milla fa! Give me dat money, I go burn even 10million tayas.

Ehn
So,
Those people employed to destroy those deadly tires(incinerator style,I hope) are not being paid,abi?

20 liters of petrol go burn all 3 million tyres finish!!

come on, you know they need a consultant and some Engineers to carry out this arduous activity

The contractor don hammer.

Okija_juju:

20 liters of petrol go burn all 3 million tyres finish!!

Must they use petrol? Whatever happened to kerosense. As long as the thing gets burnt.

Nigerias are alwasy looking for ways to steal money. Ndi Oshi.

Why burn them when they could be recycled? What is the reason for them telling us this anyway?

Shud44:

Ehn
So,
Those people employed to destroy those deadly tires(incinerator style,I hope) are not being paid,abi?

Paid to pollute our air for nothing? Do you know how many companies would have gained from those tires being recycled? Think how many miles of pavement this could have gone to, instead of being burnt in the way I guess they were.

pls guys it is not just burning. I mean a healthy way of burning with less pollution. Geddit?

They need to fly in technical partners to burn the tyres and the m(h)oney is for their flight and accomodation for the tyre burning period. O

The question that should be asked is, "how are they going to dispose the tires"?

There's no way that they would be burning such a large number of tires and without serious health effects on the people of the state. My guess is that they need the money to break down the tires into chunks that can be used for play fields and tracks. You can essentially use the chunks anywhere that you would use sawdust.

Better to have burnt tires than road accidents. Besides, those tires would most likely be used for road pavement.

Another avenue to enrich a few

3 million tyres,   , acid rain looms.

Did they not think of recycling ? or even selling to foreign companies that may have a need for it. That would have cost a lot less and even earned them some income.

Kobojunkie:

Why burn them when they could be recycled? What is the reason for them telling us this anyway?

Paid to pollute our air for nothing? Do you know how many companies would have gained from those tires being recycled? Think how many miles of pavement this could have gone to, instead of being burnt in the way I guess they were.

Air pollution isn't even recognized in Nigeria. It's such a common thing that no one pays any attention to it. How many millions of sub-standard smoke-churning vehicles are roaming Nigeria's roads in the name of vehicular transportation? How many millions of smoke-producing generator sets sit at the back of every home? How many millions of outdoor wood-burning kitchens are in Nigeria? I hope you see what I'm getting at. The pollution that the tires will produce isnot much compared
to the one already existing.

odumchi:

Air pollution isn't even recognized in Nigeria. It's such a common thing that no one pays any attention to it.  The pollution that the tires will produce is not much compared to the one already existing.

Not an excuse to add insult to injury.

The text clearly says 'destroyed'. I can't see 'burning' anywhere so where is all the petrol, pollution talk coming from. Any I wonder why anything government does needs to have a price tag waved in our faces. We have a money complex in this country. Pity.

Stupidity has no limit for these people?

charlsecy4:


There are over 400 unemployed Nigerians who can destroy them for much less,

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/National/5749673-146/story.csp

Please correct yourself!!!
There are over 400 unemployed Nigerians who can resell them

Interesting

why not recycle them, instead of destroy them? Just a thought.

engineerd:

why not recycle them, instead of destroy them? Just a thought.

A brilliant thought

of course they had to put the additional 2million tyres to make sure they will be pardoned to embezzle the next (2/3 x 20 million). that's logical.

Wallie:

The question that should be asked is, "how are they going to dispose the tires"?

There's no way that they would be burning such a large number of tires and without serious health effects on the people of the state. My guess is that they need the money to break down the tires into chunks that can be used for play fields and tracks. You can essentially use the chunks anywhere that you would use sawdust.

odumchi:

Better to have burnt tires than road accidents. Besides, those tires would most likely be used for road pavement.

Well they are shown regularly on NTA shinning teeth as they torch the tyres, never heard any reports about recyling them for road pavements
pavements on nigeria roads surely thats an irony!! and if they were being recylced it shouldnt cost a thing _{apart from logistics}

How much did the government budget for tyre burning in 2012?

engineerd:

why not recycle them, instead of destroy them? Just a thought.

their thinking have not reach that stage.

Yes they need it for supply of match box and kerosene

SON do not wish to recycle - they have just contributed their quota to Carbon Emissions Globally and rendered the future generations prone to cancer and other terminal malaise
That is N6.666 A Truly Devilish figure N20m divided by N3m Naija - we hail thee

SON, so they have staffs and offices, havent seen em doing anything since 1960

Eh!,dey wan buy pass kerosine nd matches? C reckless spendin

That was the achievement of first degree and second degree holders in the country lol

Fight corruption now or corruption fights you back kia kia