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SON warns Nigerians against buying uncertified products
SON warns Nigerians against buying uncertified products
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has warned Nigerians against buying uncertified products that would endanger their lives.
The Director General of SON, Malam Farouk Salim gave the warning during the Organisation’s Special Day at the ongoing 34th Enugu International Trade Fair on Thursday in Enugu.
He urged Nigerians to ensure products are certified with the Mandatory Conformity Assessment Program (MANCAP) logo before buying them.
According to Salim, who was represented by the Director, South-East Regional Operations Directorate, SON, Engr. Fred Akingbesote, MANCAP means that the product has been inspected, sampled and subjected to laboratory analysis, adding that the logo is for locally-manufactured products only as the Standards Organisation of Nigeria Off-Shore Conformity Assessment Programme is for imported products.
He added that the trade fair offered SON the opportunity to reach out to Nigerian and foreign manufacturers on the impact of the organisation in assuring standardization.
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The Director General assured Nigerians of the organisation’s readiness to be a major player in assisting entrepreneurs in the realization of their dreams.
According to him, Micro-, Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises play a significant role in the growth and development of the industrialization of the country.
In his words, “We will keep encouraging and creating enabling environments for the sector to be part of standardization process to ensure that products emanating from them meet global standard.
“Our target is to grow their businesses by offering them our services to ensure standardization of the processes and products they bring into the market.”
According to Salim, SON may be forced to sanction manufacturers after telling them what they should do to make their products of quality and standard but still fail to do so.
