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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 statement on...

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...

December 30, 2020 No Responses

SON Tasks ANLCA On Fraudulent Clearing Agents

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has urged the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) to expose unscrupulous members hiding under the association to perpetuate heinous activities. The Director General of SON, Mallam Farouk Sal...

December 25, 2020 No Responses

SON Seals ASPAMDA Plaza Over Adulteration Of Lubricants

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Thursday sealed a plaza at the Auto Spare Parts and Machineries Dealers Association (ASPAMDA) market, Lagos Trade Fair Complex, over adulteration of established lubricants. SON said that the move was to guar...

December 24, 2020 No Responses

Lafarge Africa Receives SON MANCAP Certificates

September 23, 2020 No Responses

SON Certifies 21 Manufacturers

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) ) has certified 13 manufacturers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for maintaining consistency in the quality of their products. SON FCT Coordinator, Mr Gambo Dimka, said this at the organisation’s “Manda...