Owliver:
Ok i get you. i didnt know apapa was under Amuwo odofin. i stay in mile2 side. but you should have limited your riverine tag to apapa. sorry for my harsh response bro

Apapa LG is distinct from Amuwo odofin. The only riverine area of Apapa is Irede. (manager) it is a 50 naira boat ride from Alex Apapa.

jaymichael:
Apapa LG is distinct from Amuwo odofin. The only riverine area of Apapa is Irede. (manager) it is a 50 naira boat ride from Alex Apapa.

Yh very true. anyways, thanks for educating me about the local govt i've lived all my life lol. and i apologise for my ignorance. thanks man

teeboila:
This is going to lead to balance of trade. I believe it's possible to produce this small generators in Nigeria but first the local producers must be sure that importing such products is banned so as not to lead to low demand of their products because we know Nigerians they like imported goods to locally made products.

Well said bt my fear is according to the op the generator was banned on the basis of pollution,when d niggerian enginners start producing wnt there be any ban on such product

wachakuta:
Goood.. time to start producing dem in d Con3

Please Nairalanders, should I insult this one?

Funjosh:
I hope Fashola knows what he is doing sha

Fashola's elitist approach, will it let him?

Only if he has changed.

Whoever came up with this idea doesn't suppose to be in government...that's the last hope of the common man.

Politicos:
Perfect! Time to squeeze innovations and inventiveness out of our docile engineers and technicians who all want sedentary office jobs.

Please Nairaland mods should ban people from using robots to comment.
This is getting out of hand.
Politicos, which robot do you use?
Nonsense.

Kposkila:

Yea ban dem all and see how they wud be forced to fix the power sector, doe this ' I pass my Gen ban' is a good start!
As a result of incomplete combustion, dat gen releases poison (co)

yimu.
Engineering Drop out.

mfm04622:


Did you read the piece before responding? Please call that only the type o generator in which oil I mixed with the fuel is banned. The reason for the ban is the health implication. This mean this govt care about our health. Let us cooperate with them

zombie

kodded:





'when a dulllard rules. the people suffer

What happens when a drunkard rules?

This is absolutely wrong. I graduated 5 years ago with no job despite my hard struggling. I was later lucky to have a little job with which I manage to feed myself. One of the first things I bought was I pass my neibor gen which I use to charge my phones and relax on any weekend I am free since my area hardly gets NEPA light. With this ban,this is a big blow to the poor and struggling Nigerians. This is not acdeptable!

ransomed:
::-- Thanks! The only reasonable post amongst the lot. The ban has been on since 2014, Custom just woke up to its responsibities now. Thanks to officials of Pollution Control and Environmental Health department of Fed. Ministry of Environment and NESREA.

A defeatist approach to issues. Govt must halt implementing that ban or totally cancel it as it negates the efforts of the common man at survival.

All this overzealousness that compounds already complicated power challenges people are battling.

Wonder why ban generators in a generator economy?

Owliver:
Yh very true. anyways, thanks for educating me about the local govt i've lived all my life lol. and i apologise for my ignorance. thanks man

Even me I don't even know Up to half of all the Islands. It stretches. from Tarkwabay to Ogogoro, ladol up till Badagry. If you look up google map, you will notice that the Badary creek divides Lagos in to two, up till Badagry. The southernmost part is the Atlantic Ocean, the islands in the middle, Badagry creek amd upland Lagos. These Islands holds the hidden beauty of Lagos. I have had the privilege to hike from Tomaro to Tarkwabay village and beach. you will see the beauty and serenety of Lagos. I opened a thread on tarkawabay sometime ago. I will post the link when I search for it.
The window of my bedroom overlooks a most beautiful lake that sparkles in the sunrise (which many wealthy people will pay millions to have) Stay on this post, I will update the link and some pics.
MODIFIED: https://www.nairaland.com/2477482/serene-tarkwa-bay-one-best
the tarkwabay thread.
These pictures were taken from my bedroom window . I do have a good view of those Eko Atlantic towers from here.

simpleseyi:


What happens when a drunkard rules?

the people prosper '

Ndlistic:
The Federal Government has banned the importation of small generators popularly called 'I pass my neighbour,' used by low-income Nigerians.
Controller, Federation Operations Unit Zone A, Lagos of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mr Madugu Sanni Jubrin, disclosed this in Lagos while speaking with newsmen.


Sanni also said that the command seized 4,733 goods worth N52 million and arrested some suspected smugglers since he assumed duties one week ago.
He said the seizures were made possible through intelligence gathering and other measures put in place by the unit with a view to ensuring that the supply chains of smugglers were fully blocked.


Conducting journalists round the seized items which included 239 bales of used clothing valued at N10 million, 1,120 cartons units of the small generators valued at N13.4 million, among others, Madugu said the unit would not relent in its efforts in ensuring that prohibited items are impounded and those involved in its importation prosecuted.
“The smaller generators have been banned by the Federal Government because it is causing air pollution and destruction of our lungs and breathing system. That is why they have banned it but people are still interested in smuggling them in, that is why we intercepted them.


“If you go to the market, you still see them because people have imported them before the ban. So it is the leftover they had before the ban that they are selling because the law did not backdate the ban and it is not an absolute prohibition.
“It is prohibition by trade which means you cannot bring it in large quantity and sell to the public. That is the type of prohibition we have on this but if you buy one piece, Customs will not seize it.


“We will not relent in our efforts. When we see any prohibited item, we will seize, arrest the people and we will allow the law court to take decision on prosecuting them. So it is better for them to stop smuggling than to continue when they know Customs will catch up with them,” he said.


Source :http://www.tribuneonlineng.com/fg-bans-importation-of-%E2%80%98i-pass-my-neighbour%E2%80%99-generators

I hate this lawmakers . why didn't they ban the importation of the big diesel generator that themselves make use of ? I'm sure one of them has opened a company that's to manufacture small gen here in Nigeria

mindtricks:



A defeatist approach to issues. Govt must halt implementing that ban or totally cancel it as it negates the efforts of the common man at survival.

All this overzealousness that compounds already complicated power challenges people are battling.

Wonder why ban generators in a generator economy?

::-- Go to court and make government rescind its decision. The harms generators (2 strokes engine) cause are more than the benefit. The cost-benefit analyses are on the negative. Thanks.

I pass my neighbour, the only gen known to man that can conserve fuel. 25lts with I pass my neighbour can last for a month compared to d big generators

Rubbish: Na only small gen dey pollute air? What of cars, Lorries and even bigger generators?

ransomed:
::-- Go to court and make government rescind its decision. The harms generators (2 strokes engine) cause are more than the benefit. The cost-benefit analyses are on the negative. Thanks.

You rather go to court if you like. Your position is incorrect. Prove to us. You can't feign ignorance over how the poor depend on these generators.
What alternatives do you have for them? The poor will only end up paying more as the price will simply go up. If the govt is serious, they must treat power issue as an emergency before embarking on the bogus ban.

teeboila:
This is going to lead to balance of trade. I believe it's possible to produce this small generators in Nigeria but first the local producers must be sure that importing such products is banned so as not to lead to low demand of their products because we know Nigerians they like imported goods to locally made products.

Its not about local production, it's about completely yanking it off the environment. It constitutes an environmental and health hazard. A similar ban was also placed on the two-stroke tricycles (keke) before they started bringing in the four-stroke engine currently in use now.

Okanokan:


That's the problem with the present Administration led by President Buhari, they don't think through policies before implementing, thats the issue we have with the TSA, Similarly how do you ban an item without the knowledge of the people who are affected.
The President and the Apc apparachik must think through its policies holistically and if possible involve the people, before implementing; let the people contribute to Government policies. Finally, the present policy on Generator is bad intoto, since it targets a class of people the POOR and the Government seem at loss as to alternative that the people should embrace. Good Policy are policies that cuts across all strata of society.

It becomes more mind boggling that a so-called 'mass movement' that railroaded its aspirant into power (a man who was supposed to have been so moved over the Nigerian Predicament that he once wept in public, on campaign ground) are now showing all the antecedents of being FRIGGIN' STRANDED!

They seem short of all
the necessary acumen to piloting this nation of out its present mess without creating a lot of unnecessary and unwanted collateral damages.

Quite a number of their policies, thus far, are half-baked and shoddily implemented too.

I just pray they don't let down the masses. I doubt if Nigerians can survive another political heartbreak of this mega proportions. God save Nigeria.

LEGALAide:

Please Nairaland mods should ban people from using robots to comment.
This is getting out of hand.
Politicos, which robot do you use?
Nonsense.

I don't engage uncouth uncultured emotional exuberant teenagers in roundtable discussion which is exclusive to men of tested reasoning. Go purge yourself of venomous speech first, sober up and then come back let's talk.

Instead of banning imports on various kinds of generators, why don't they just do their job and give everyone electricity.
Honestly, what kind of country is this.

wher are the wailing...wailer of change. duo smetimes it hard to acept fr d first times, bt loking at dis. i hve two word to say. PRESIDENT AND MINISTER OF PETROLUEM.. TWO IN ONE.. In sht. haba...a baba bent lok dis tin e good fr eye..

Penny wise- Pam foolish. If it was never an absolute banning then it means that noise pollution will continue to torment us mercilessly even in the 3 decades coming, at least. This is because there are uncountable number, styles, makes and brands of small generators dispersed around different Nigerian markets among the 36 states. As such, these will be continuously sold and noise pollution consequently thriving. So, what rubbish and blind banning are they talking about? I sense a vendetta against the Eastern importers of this brand of goods. Or, who doesn't know again that the noise pollution would be "significantly reduced" if the power sector is transparently stabilized as noise pollution source remains limited to only monoxides from cars, lorries and cycles. Abeg do the needful while we wait and endure the noise pollution, after all, we have been surviving with it after your first regime and before your second coming.

teeboila:
This is going to lead to balance of trade. I believe it's possible to produce this small generators in Nigeria but first the local producers must be sure that importing such products is banned so as not to lead to low demand of their products because we know Nigerians they like imported goods to locally made products.

Before GEJ wanted to vaan car imports he had car plants already working andd was waiting for a supply that can cater for the gap the ban would bring and he was called clueless


Someone bans out rightly without any alternatives of local manufacturers...do you know how many busieess run on this little generators

Mbanu!Custtom Why Buhari must hear this!

Politicos:


I don't engage uncouth uncultured emotional exuberant teenagers in roundtable discussion which is exclusive to men of tested reasoning. Go purge yourself of venomous speech first, sober up and then come back let's talk.

Seems my comment got to you.
Too bad!
Next time use only your brain to think.
Or get kicked hard.
Check out my signature whenever you need sense.
Thank me later.

mindtricks:


You rather go to court if you like. Your position is incorrect. Prove to us. You can't feign ignorance over how the poor depend on these generators.
What alternatives do you have for them? The poor will only end up paying more as the price will simply go up. If the govt is serious, they must treat power issue as an emergency before embarking on the bogus ban.

::-- The same poor you are defending are the ones that die of Carbon monoxide ( Co) poisoning emanating from two strokes engine. The alternative of 4-strokes is available in the market and affordable to the "poor" as well. Our fuel contains up to 1500ppm of Sulphur and "i pass my neighbour" cannot completely burn the mixture of PMS and its constituents and Diesel thereby releasing obnoxious , choking smell that inhibits breathing and ultimately introduce Carbon monoxide into blood stream which finally de-oxygenate the heamoglobin leading to terminal cycle( death). There is a National program on low sulphur in fuel in December at Chelsea Hotel CBD, Abuja. The aim to bring the sulphur content down from 1500ppm to 50ppm for PMS and from 2500ppm to 100ppm for diesel by the year 2020. If you love the masses, you will support the phasing out of 2-strokes engines(i past my neighbour). Thanks.