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The Nigerian government has declared that any facility that uses or produces batteries and violates the battery control regulations will pay a N2 million fine or face a six-month jail term.
The Director General of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, Innocent Barikor disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday at the launching of the National Environmental (Battery Control) Regulations for Civil Society and Press.
According to Barikor, the use of batteries is now an alternative energy source due to the rising cost of fossil fuels.
“Hence there is an urgent need to regulate the hodgepodge of batteries that will be happening in the battery industry,” he stated
Barikor explained that the battery control regulations deal with the production, storage, transportation and penalties that can be given to offenders in the battery industry.
He said the battery disposal method in Nigeria is not in tune with global best practices, hence the need for the regulations.
“There are penalties and one of such is the fact that for corporate organizations, you have as high as, not less than N2m, but it can be more than that for violation of the environment as it relates to the battery and improper disposal of battery.
“And for individuals, you have as much as N200,000, not below N200,000, and even a jail term can follow,” he said.
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