The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) says it is working on plans to return to the nation’s land borders to check influx of fake and substandard products into the country.
The Director General, SON, Farouk Salim said this at the one day Stakeholders’ Forum with the theme “Building Confidence Value in Local Products via Standardisation” on Friday in Awka.
Salim called for stakeholder’s cooperation toward achieving standardisation of services and products in the country.
He stressed the need for other agencies involved in the task of ensuring standard to partner with the agency to achieve better results.
Salim said standardisation was a global issue and Nigeria cannot afford to lag behind in the comity of nation if it desired economic development.
He said efforts should therefore be geared towards cooperation by all manufacturers, consumers, service providers and government agencies at all levels with SON in the global subject.
Salim, represented by Papaye Don-Pedro, the Director, Anambra Regional Operations, SON, said the federal government’s policy that uncertified products should not be sold in the country must be supported.
The DG called on educational institutions, hotels to subscribe to relevant international standards to enable them to be reckoned with.
Salim harped on the imperative for industrialists to adhere to Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP) which required periodic factory visit/inspection of local industries by SON.