Hunger Protest Vandalism :NASWDEN Inaugurates Task-Force, vows to Address Buying of Stolen Goods
By Abdullahi Jalaluddin
The Association of Scrap and Waste Dealers Employers of Nigeria, NASWDEN says it has embarked on massive surveillance across members of the profession to ensure sanity.
The State Chairman of the Association Comrade Aminu Soja disclosed this during inauguration of caretakers committee and taskforce against vandalism, held in Kano .
He said the association inaugurated 200 taskforce operatives, out of which 100 would serve as surveillance while the other 100 would operate with uniform to check vandalism and buying of stolen goods.
“We will deploy them to our markets to make sure that the problem of buying stolen items is over.
“We have formed this taskforce to further sanitize our business. People see us a thieves and we always say we are not thieves. We are running legitimate business.
Comrade Aminu Soja noted that the Association will collaborate with security agencies with aim of checkmating and fishing out the bad eggs from the profession.
According to him, Industries across the globe, especially in China, depend on scrap items as raw materials to ease production , following industrial revolution that happened decades ago.
The Chairman maintained that 70 percent companies across the world would shutdown if scrap business is stopped, noting that they are one of the big employers of labour in Nigeria with over 2 million members.
“Scrap and Waste business controls the economy of the world. Industries across the globe depend on scrap and waste business, especially China as it eases production because they’re used as raw material.
If scrap business is shut down, all the production of commodities would be shut down.
“The era of digging ion ore and make it follow melting processes is over. Scrap materials are used to produce commodities using recycled rawa materials.
“The business contributed immensely in security fight as it provides employment opportunities.
“We have over 2 million people in the business from dealers, agents and kickers. This takes off employment burden on the government,” he said.
