SON seeks manufacturers’ support to check for inferior products

Mallam Farouk Salim, the director general of the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON), has urged stakeholders in the manufacturing and industrial sectors to work with SON to lessen the importation of inferior goods.

Salim made the announcement on Thursday in Onitsha, Anambra State, during a one-day stakeholders sensitization workshop with the topic “Standardization: Catalysts for industrialization.” Salim was represented by his Senior Special Adviser, Emeka Duru.

According to Salim, “Manufacturers should patronise SON by collaborating with it to reduce the influx of substandard products, share information with SON on substandard products. let us be kind to humanity in all that we do to help save life.

“Standardisation is a global issue and Nigeria cannot afford to lag behind in the comity of nations if we desire economic development.”

He emphasized that SON’s goal is to increase customer confidence and Nigerian goods and services’ competitiveness on a global scale. He said that SON has the ambition to improve lives through standardization and quality assurance.

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Pedro Ebenezer, Director, Anambra State Operational Directorate, asked attendees to always report any suspicious coworkers to the proper authorities for prosecution and fine during his presentation of SON’s programs.

Dr. Festus Ukwueze, the sensitization forum’s resource person, said that the SON Act’s provisions would increase domestic consumer goods if they were properly implemented. His presentation was titled “SON Act as a Pathway to Industrial Growth and Development of Nigeria.”

According to Ukwueze, this would prevent the importation of false, inferior goods and preserve foreign cash that could be used to fund industrial endeavors.

Participants in the question and answer session asked SON to improve the quality of the services it provides to the public.