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October 14, 2021 No Responses

SON Seeks Partnership With Army On Intelligence, Surveillance, Enforcement

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) is seeking a partnership with the Nigerian Army on intelligence sharing, surveillance and enforcement as part of measures to tackle sub-standard goods throughout the country. A statement issued by the SON Public Relations Officer, South-East/South-South...

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...

August 1, 2021 No Responses

How SON Promote Standards Through Stakeholders Synergy, By DG

The Director General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria(SON), Mallam Farouk Salim has stated that achieving National Industrial Standards (NIS) remains a task that should not be left for government and its agencies alone but rather requires the combined effort...

June 28, 2021 No Responses

SON Confiscates N15M Substandard Rods In Lagos

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) in collaboration with the Iron Rod Distributors Association of Nigeria (IRDAN) has seized substandard iron rods worth N15 million. The President-General of IRDAN, Mr Gbenga Awoyale, disclosed this in an intervi...

June 11, 2021 No Responses

SON Certifies 28 Products For 19 Firms

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has issued Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP) certificates for 28 products belonging to 19 companies in Niger State for conforming with the Nigerian Industrial Standards (NIS). Director Ge...

April 20, 2021 No Responses

SON DG In Kwara, Seeks Return To Seaports

The Director-General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Malam Farouk Salim, has urged the Federal Government to allow the agency to return to the nation’s ports to enable the organisation check the influx of sub-standard products into the country.&nbs...

March 6, 2021 No Responses

SON, NEMSA Sign MoU On Enforcement Of Standards

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA). The MoU, which is for an enhanced enforcement of Standards and regulations of electrical materials and ...

January 28, 2021 No Responses

Man Kills Wife, Son In Anambra

The Police Command in Anambra State has arrested one Chukwuemeka Obijofa, 28, for allegedly killing his wife, Chisom Chukwuemeka, 26 and his four-year-old Son with a shovel. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Ha...

January 26, 2021 No Responses

SON Seeks Policy To Repatriate Substandard Goods

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has urged the federal government to consider a policy aimed at returning substandard goods to countries of origin to boost consumers’ confidence and strengthen international trade. Mallam Farouk Salim, SON’s Dire...

January 20, 2021 No Responses

SON Destroys 2,000 Substandard Cooking Gas Cylinders

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) destroyed more than 2,000 substandard cooking gas cylinders fabricated in Onitsha and its environs on Tuesday. Supervising the destruction in Enugu, Mr Obinna Manafa, the Director, Inspectorate and Compliance Directo...