The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has commenced compulsory
product certification in its offices across the nation. This is also as it has
called on manufacturers and importers of goods to ensure the importation and
production of quality goods in the country by subscribing to its Mandatory
Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP).
SON said that Nigerians deserved to get value for their hard earned
money adding that the MANCAP was put in place to ensure that all manufactured
products conformed to the relevant Nigerian Industrial Standards (NIS) prior to
sales in the markets or export.
Director- general of SON, Dr Joseph Odumodu, made this disclosure
weekend in Abuja at the flag-off of “The Walk for Standards,” held to mark the
2014 World Standards Day.
The DG, who was represented at the event by the director of operations
in the agency, Mr Nelson Adebiyi, said, “The certification to MANCAP will also
ensure that locally manufactured products are subjected to similar conformity
processes like the imported products undergo with SONCAP thus creating a level
playing field,”adding that the event would be concluded with a national seminar
for small and medium enterprises in Lagos in collaboration with SMEDAN,
National Association of Small and Medium Enterprises(NASME).
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