Comments on: Age Limit for Imported Buses and Trucks http://loomnie.com/2008/04/07/age-limit-for-imported-buses-and-trucks/ Experiences Thoughts Opinions Ideas Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:48:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: uzo oma http://loomnie.com/2008/04/07/age-limit-for-imported-buses-and-trucks/comment-page-1/#comment-2109 uzo oma Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:14:00 +0000 http://loomnie.com/2008/04/07/age-limit-for-imported-buses-and-trucks/#comment-2109 Please, am hearing that age limit to cars being impoted into Nigeria is now set at 10 years by Yar Adua administration. Is this true? Please, am hearing that age limit to cars being impoted into Nigeria is now set at 10 years by Yar Adua administration. Is this true?

]]> By: Ernest http://loomnie.com/2008/04/07/age-limit-for-imported-buses-and-trucks/comment-page-1/#comment-1971 Ernest Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:45:50 +0000 http://loomnie.com/2008/04/07/age-limit-for-imported-buses-and-trucks/#comment-1971 This is self interest of the government ministers ,the local auto industry and the importers. The plights of the struggling Nigerians remain unheard. Just imagine such a suggestion of 10 years, you are talking of bus or truck not more than 98 model! What is the living standard of an average Nigerians! I am not talking of `Association of better Nigerians` the politicians ,bankers and oil worker. I was planning to buy one bus to family friend who has been riding okada bike for years, with this kind of policy ,that hope is dashed. It seems the government careless about the Nigerian people. Guys in Europe sending cars and busses home is part of Nation building, there should be no strick age limitation as long as there is a valid emission limit record. Here is Sweden it is mandatory to do the emission test every year, so a car of 35years or more can be found in the street without causing any environmental damage. The Nigeria government position can be seen as short sighted as such decision centers on the economic gains of the auto industry and major car importers at the deteriment of the Nigeria people. The government minister on the other hand will go home with brown and swollen envelop and living the struggling Nigerians at the receiving end. This is self interest of the government ministers ,the local auto industry and the importers. The plights of the struggling Nigerians remain unheard. Just imagine such a suggestion of 10 years, you are talking of bus or truck not more than 98 model! What is the living standard of an average Nigerians! I am not talking of `Association of better Nigerians` the politicians ,bankers and oil worker. I was planning to buy one bus to family friend who has been riding okada bike for years, with this kind of policy ,that hope is dashed. It seems the government careless about the Nigerian people. Guys in Europe sending cars and busses home is part of Nation building, there should be no strick age limitation as long as there is a valid emission limit record. Here is Sweden it is mandatory to do the emission test every year, so a car of 35years or more can be found in the street without causing any environmental damage.
The Nigeria government position can be seen as short sighted as such decision centers on the economic gains of the auto industry and major car importers at the deteriment of the Nigeria people. The government minister on the other hand will go home with brown and swollen envelop and living the struggling Nigerians at the receiving end.

]]> By: solomonsydelle http://loomnie.com/2008/04/07/age-limit-for-imported-buses-and-trucks/comment-page-1/#comment-411 solomonsydelle Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:34:17 +0000 http://loomnie.com/2008/04/07/age-limit-for-imported-buses-and-trucks/#comment-411 lol @ Random A using Jay-Z's voice. I can only hope that this will have some impact no matter how miniscule on accident rates but there needs to be more work done in the area of vehicular education to have a significant impact. Thanks for the heads up on this. lol @ Random A using Jay-Z’s voice.

I can only hope that this will have some impact no matter how miniscule on accident rates but there needs to be more work done in the area of vehicular education to have a significant impact.

Thanks for the heads up on this.

]]> By: Assorted Nigerian Stories « shakara http://loomnie.com/2008/04/07/age-limit-for-imported-buses-and-trucks/comment-page-1/#comment-409 Assorted Nigerian Stories « shakara Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:37:21 +0000 http://loomnie.com/2008/04/07/age-limit-for-imported-buses-and-trucks/#comment-409 [...] Via Loomnie, I learn that the minister of Commerce and Industry announced, at a meeting with the local automotive manufacturers that the ban on importing cars past a certain age will be extended to buses and trucks, to the satisfaction of the Port of Cotonou, the smugglers and the guys who know how to keep this bus on the road: [...] [...] Via Loomnie, I learn that the minister of Commerce and Industry announced, at a meeting with the local automotive manufacturers that the ban on importing cars past a certain age will be extended to buses and trucks, to the satisfaction of the Port of Cotonou, the smugglers and the guys who know how to keep this bus on the road: [...]

]]> By: Random African http://loomnie.com/2008/04/07/age-limit-for-imported-buses-and-trucks/comment-page-1/#comment-406 Random African Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:02:07 +0000 http://loomnie.com/2008/04/07/age-limit-for-imported-buses-and-trucks/#comment-406 Let me not forget the smugglers and their partners on both sides' law enforcement ! (yes, I said it with Jay-Z's voice) Let me not forget the smugglers and their partners on both sides’ law enforcement !
(yes, I said it with Jay-Z’s voice)

]]> By: loomnie http://loomnie.com/2008/04/07/age-limit-for-imported-buses-and-trucks/comment-page-1/#comment-405 loomnie Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:19:32 +0000 http://loomnie.com/2008/04/07/age-limit-for-imported-buses-and-trucks/#comment-405 @Random African. The party is going to be really great in Cotonou. And yea, the fact that nobody mentions these consequences shows the way policies are formulated and implemented around here. @Random African. The party is going to be really great in Cotonou. And yea, the fact that nobody mentions these consequences shows the way policies are formulated and implemented around here.

]]> By: Random African http://loomnie.com/2008/04/07/age-limit-for-imported-buses-and-trucks/comment-page-1/#comment-404 Random African Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:02:50 +0000 http://loomnie.com/2008/04/07/age-limit-for-imported-buses-and-trucks/#comment-404 It's not only the importers but also the Port Authority, the Customs and their workers in Cotonou that are probably popping champagne ! And while we're discussing the car dealers or the people in the diaspora being affected, let's not forget the people who need trucks and buses in Nigeria whether they buy them or receive them as gifts. And it's funny how nobody mentions the major unintended consequence of that import age limit: poor nigerians who can't afford recent enough vehicules spend time and ressources keeping their even older vehicules in service. And honestly, the fact that one sees so many 20 or 30 years old vehicules on Nigerian roads seems to me a bigger cause of concern (for pollution, for security) than 10 years old vehicules. It’s not only the importers but also the Port Authority, the Customs and their workers in Cotonou that are probably popping champagne !

And while we’re discussing the car dealers or the people in the diaspora being affected, let’s not forget the people who need trucks and buses in Nigeria whether they buy them or receive them as gifts.

And it’s funny how nobody mentions the major unintended consequence of that import age limit: poor nigerians who can’t afford recent enough vehicules spend time and ressources keeping their even older vehicules in service. And honestly, the fact that one sees so many 20 or 30 years old vehicules on Nigerian roads seems to me a bigger cause of concern (for pollution, for security) than 10 years old vehicules.

]]> By: loomnie http://loomnie.com/2008/04/07/age-limit-for-imported-buses-and-trucks/comment-page-1/#comment-403 loomnie Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:35:31 +0000 http://loomnie.com/2008/04/07/age-limit-for-imported-buses-and-trucks/#comment-403 Oh sure it isn't air tight, it only makes things a bit more difficult. I am afraid that the people who are going to be affected are not the car dealers but the guys in Stuttgart, Amsterdam or Brussels who want to send a bus to their brother in Lagos. Oh sure it isn’t air tight, it only makes things a bit more difficult. I am afraid that the people who are going to be affected are not the car dealers but the guys in Stuttgart, Amsterdam or Brussels who want to send a bus to their brother in Lagos.

]]> By: omodudu http://loomnie.com/2008/04/07/age-limit-for-imported-buses-and-trucks/comment-page-1/#comment-402 omodudu Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:29:27 +0000 http://loomnie.com/2008/04/07/age-limit-for-imported-buses-and-trucks/#comment-402 Discussing this with a Nigerian car dealer living in NY. He does not seem bothered at all. He feels its just one more inconvenience. It appears that the law isn't air tight. Discussing this with a Nigerian car dealer living in NY. He does not seem bothered at all. He feels its just one more inconvenience. It appears that the law isn’t air tight.

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