By Precious Udom
Comrade Moses Igbrude, executive director, Consumer Rights
Awareness, Advancement and Advocacy Initiatives (CRAAAI) , says his non-governmental organization is planning to hold a one- day interactive forum on “Combating engine oil adulteration in
Nigeria”.
Igbrude in a press
statement made available on Wednesday to www.vicnuel.blogspot.com said that CRAAAI
is a non-profit and non-governmental advocacy group, whose humanitarian mission
is to mediate between providers of goods
and services and their consumers to ensure customer satisfaction via value
optimization.
According
to him, engine oil otherwise known as lubricants performs the functions of
ensuring optimal performance level for automotive engines used across several
sectors of the economy- land transportation, marine transportation, aviation,
power generation and other industries.
He further disclosed
that any form of adulterated oil is therefore a threat to the economy,
insisting that in recent times this unwholesome phenomenon has reared its ugly
head via the practice by some unscrupulous manufacturers and businessmen, thus
eroding value, creating crises of confidence and raising doubts about safety
issues.
There is therefore,
every need for continuing enlightenment of stakeholders.
This is what has
necessitated CRAAAI to create this forum in collaboration with Standard Organization
of Nigeria (SON), with the aim of creating awareness on the negative effects of
oil adulteration amongst stakeholders and galvanize them to proffer solutions
to tame it.
The forum targets
stakeholders in the entire value chains in the automotive industries operating
in Nigeria, journalists, public commentators, government officials and other
members of the public.
Details of the forum
are as follows:
Date: Wednesday 18th February,
2015.
Venue: Lagos Chamber of Commerce
and Industry Center (LCCI), Alausa, Ikeja,
Lagos.
Time:
9am – 3pm
The CRAAAI leader said that
at the end of the forum, sufficient awareness should have been created for
participants to be able to distinguish between genuine and adulterated engine
oil.
They will also be
persuaded on the economic importance of patronizing and insisting on genuine
automotive engine oil at all times.
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