Association Partners SON Against Sale Of Substandard Goods

The Electrical Dealers Association of Nigeria (EDAN), Ojo, Alaba Market in Lagos said on Saturday that it would continue to partner with the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) against substandard goods.

Speaking with newmen, Mr Felix Apunonu, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the association, said that 2013 would mark a positive change in the market’s activities.

Apunonu said that both bodies would work vigorously to combat the sale of substandard goods in the market.

According to him, the establishment of the SON Desk in the market had further assisted the association in its fight against the importation of substandard products.

It could be recalled that the desk was established in August 2011 as part of efforts to check the influx of substandard goods into the Alaba International Market. Apunonu said that remarkable achievements had been recorded in the quest to combat the sale of fake goods.

“For importers who are repentant, the sale of such substandard products is a thing of the past, while others have devised new strategies for bringing in such products.

“So far in 2012, we made good progress in our mission, especially with the Memorandum of Understanding we have with the SON Desk in Alaba. “2013 will not be different and we will not relent in this task for the good of the nation,’’ Apunonu assured.

He told newsmen that a number of substandard products were seized by members of the Alaba Market Task Force, adding that they had been assembled for burning. He also said that the destruction of the goods was a warning signal and would serve as a deterrent to others. Apunonu expressed optimism that the joint effort of the SON and EDAN, would eliminate the sale of substandard goods.