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March 24, 2023 No Responses

SON Task Stakeholders On Quality, Safe Products

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Thursday in Ibadan, Oyo State engaged relevant stakeholders dealing in electrical/electronic products on the need to ensure production of quality and safe products. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the sensitisation...

September 28, 2022 No Responses

Engineers Task SON On Fake Auto Parts Influx

The Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers (NIMechE) on Tuesday called on the Standards Organisations of Nigeria (SON) to checkmate the importation of substandard auto spare parts into the country. The Lagos Chapter Chairman of NIMechE, Mr Abdulganiyu Ti...

September 27, 2022 No Responses

SON Impounds Substandard, Adulterated Wines In Ebonyi

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has impounded substandard and adulterated alcoholic and non-alcoholic wines within the Abakaliki metropolis in Ebonyi State. A statement issued on Monday by the Head of Public Relations, SON South-East Regional...

February 25, 2022 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Tasks Barge Operators On Standard, Quality Equipment

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has called on barge operators to use standard and quality equipment that are in line with global trends. The Executive Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Jime, made this known in a statement signed by NSC Head, Public...

January 25, 2022 No Responses

Shippers’ Council Tasks Hapag-Lloyd On Standards

The Executive Secretary o Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Mr Emmanuel Jime, on Monday urged the new Country Manager of Hapag-Lloyd Nigeria Shipping Ltd., Mr Himmat Ahlawat, to abide by the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) in Nigerian ports....

December 28, 2021 No Responses

Engineers Seek Action On Rising Cost Of Construction Materials

The nation’s power sector should be fixed as part of measures to push down cost of production of construction materials, the Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers (NICE), said on Monday This, according to the engineers, will...

November 25, 2021 No Responses

SON Seals Plastic Firm In Lagos

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has sealed a plastic company and arrested three persons for producing harmful plastics. According to the Director-General, SON, Farouk Salim, the enforcement exercise was part of the efforts by the agency to re...

October 29, 2021 No Responses

SON Unveils 37 Standards For Industrial Development

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has unveiled 37 standards to boost Nigeria’s industrial development and improve its competitiveness in the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). Chairman, SON Governing Council, Mrs Evelyn N...

October 21, 2021 No Responses

SON Issues 13 Manufacturers MANCAP Certification

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), on Thursday awarded its Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP) certification to 13 manufacturing companies in Kano state. In his speech, the Director-General of SON, Malam Faruk Salim, represented ...

August 26, 2021 No Responses

SON To Establish Regional Office In Kano

The Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) says it will soon establish a regional office in Kano. Malam Faruk Salim, Director General of SON, made the disclosure on Thursday during the formal handing over of the project site to the contractor...

August 18, 2021 No Responses

SON Tasks Aluminum Manufacturers On Standardisation

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has charged manufacturers and dealers of aluminum products on strict adherence to global best practices on standardization. Malam Farouk Salim, Director General of SON, gave the advice at a sensitization workshop o...

August 17, 2021 No Responses

SON Donates Seized 843 Phones To DSS

Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), on Monday, donated 843 mobile cell phones to the Department of State Services (DSS), Kaduna command. The coordinator of SON in the state, Mr Qasseem Yahaya, said that the mobile cell phones were seized from...

August 3, 2021 No Responses

SON Warns Steel Manufacturers, Acquires Measuring Instrument

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has warned steel manufacturers to calibrate the equipment used in the production of steel rods and reinforcement bars or face persecution. Director-General, SON, Mallam Farouk Salim, who gave the warning in a s...

August 3, 2021 No Responses

SON, Online Merchants Seal Partnership To Combat Substandard Goods

As part of measures to tackle the influx of substandard goods into the country, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has partnered with online trading platforms The standards body opined that the move was apt to checkmate activities of unscrupulous...