Ban On Generators: Nigerians Fume, Speak On Consequences

Reactions have trailed the move by the federal government to ban importation of small generators popularly known as “I better pass my neighbor generators.”.

Ismaila Abideen, a small scale businessman expressed displeasure and described the ban as “being unfair to low income earners.”

”I feel this development is very unfair to low income earners; or where does the federal government want these set of people to get money to provide electricity for themselves?,” he queried.

Ismaila further said that users would pay severely as prices of the available generators will soar .

”I believe that this ban will bring increase in the prices of these generators, because, the sellers who have already imported these generators before the ban will see this as an opportunity to exploit Nigerians,” He lamented.

The type of small generator banned by the federal government government

Due to epileptic power supply in the country, a student of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Philips Apkan, expressed his fears on the implication of the ban on students.

”This development is very serious and the government has not done well by placing this ban because I don’t know how students can survive with this ban even in a country like this where power supply is unstable.” he lamented

An attendant of B.World electronics confirmed that price of these generators have increased since the ban was announced.

”We have small generators like Tiger and Fireman in our store now and Tiger is now 20k, while fireman is 18k which has obviously increased and I doubt if the price would reduce because there generators are now hot cakes for dealers.

”If at all you would get the ones between the range of N13,000 and N16,000, I’m sure that is the type with aluminum coil which cannot last beyond 2 weeks without developing a fault.” He said.

Customs spokesman, Madugu Sanni Jubrin, disclosed this on Wednesday, November 18 that smaller generators were banned by the federal government because they cause air pollution and constitute health hazards.

”That is why they were banned it but people are still interested in smuggling them, 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.” he explained.

Additional reports by Akoh Elejo

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