SON Tasks Traders On Products Standardisation 

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria ( SON) has urged dealers in electrical products to uphold quality standards in order to benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).
The Director-General of SON, Farouk Salim, gave the advice at a sensitisation workshop for Electrical Dealers Association of Nigeria at the Alaba International Market in Lagos.
He said standardisation of products became necessary because of huge benefits it impacts on the economy.
Salim explained further that the advice was also necessary to ensure that the Nigerian market take its rightful place as the largest market in West Africa, in the AfCFT.
He said SON was willing to work with the association in an effort to free the market from substandard goods.
According to him, “For the market to have a good reputation and to have more customers across the world especially with this open border policy in the AfCFTA, it is very important for them to police themselves, find out those people with bad products and report them to us so that we can take them out of the market.
“So far, they have not given us a reason to doubt their commitment towards eradicating substandard goods. Anybody here with certification or who has genuine products does not have a problem with SON”.
In his response, the chairman of the association, Mr Fabian Ezeorjika, said the association, in a bid to complement the efforts of SON, had constituted internal mechanism to check irregularities.
According to the chairman, the internal mechanism put in place by the association was to checkmate the activities of those indulging in manufacturing, importation or exportation of substandard products.
He added that the association had also constituted a standard and anti-adulteration committee vested with the responsibilities of standardising and regulating the quality of products in the electrical section.