In order to encourage patronage of locally made trailer tankers, the national body of the Trailer and Steel Construction Builders Association of Nigeria has appealed to the federal government to place a ban on the importation of trailer tankers for transportation of petroleum products in the country.
The association also called on government to, as a matter of topmost priority, revive the steel manufacturing companies including the Ajaokuta Steel Company, which used to be the country’s leading steel company and supplier of quality steel products in order to ensure purchase of raw materials for construction at cheaper rate.
This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the 2016 annual congress of the association held at their national secretariat along the Lagos/Ibadan expressway, Ibadan.
Addressing newsmen at the end of the congress, the association’s chairman, Alhaji Kasali Yusuf (Kasco) noted that it was imperative for federal government to see to the welfare of local manufacturers, especially, the steel and metal construction sector and encourage the growth of indigenous products.
He said the only way government could encourage patronage of their products was to place ban on the imported products that are thriving at the expense of the locally made ones.
