SON Commences Cable Dealers’ Certification Soon

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), says it will soon start the certification of cable dealers across the country to reduce the influx of substandard cables.

Mr Felix Nyado, the SON Deputy Director, Enforcement and Compliance Department, made this known to newsmen in Lagos while supervising the destruction of substandard products worth more than N120 million at a Lagos dump site.

He said that the organisation had also been repositioned by the government to crack down on unscrupulous importers and prevent them from flooding Nigerian markets with substandard products.

“ The task force would be represented in all the states to comb warehouses, shops and border ports to ensure that the culprits are brought to book.”

“ With this new strategy, once an individual is not certified, you are not qualified to sell cables.”

“The business would no longer be an all comers’ affair. SON has to certify dealers after thorough training,’’ he said, saying that the initiative would start with the cables and other products later.

Nyado said that the organisation had recently engaged additional capable personnel to strengthen the organisation’s operation at the various land and border posts.

According to him, henceforth, importers and dealers that engaged in the sale of substandard products would be charged to court under the economic and miscellaneous offences.

Nyado said that the products destroyed included tomato puree, cables, television sets, and helmets.

“Such products are dangerous and unwholesome for human consumption and unfit for construction outfits as they can cause the death of many innocent Nigerians,’’ he said.