According
to Vanguard correspondent, the federal government imposed a ban on the
generators popularly known by the masses as “I better pass my neighbour”. Customs
spokesman, Madugu Sanni Jubrin, disclosed this on Wednesday, November 18. Jubrin,
who controls the federation operations unit Zone A in Lagos, said: “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”.