Tag: Substandard

SON Seals Plastic Firm In Lagos
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 reduce to...
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SON, Online Merchants Seal Partnership To Combat Substandard Goods
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...
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SON Confiscates N15M Substandard Rods In Lagos
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...
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SON Seeks Policy To Repatriate Substandard Goods
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...
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