By; AMOS TAUNA, Kaduna
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), has warned organisations in the manufacturing sector against compromising the standard of products being churned out to Nigerians for consumption.
In a bid to rid the country of substandard products across all the sectors, the organisation noted that the warning was inevitable, assuring that it would ensure mandatory compliance for the purpose of safeguarding the lives, health of well-meaning Nigerians.
Dr Ayuba Samuel, the head of Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP), gave the warning in Abuja while presenting the MANCAP certificates to NASENI Solar Energy Limited and 30 other companies in the country.
MANCAP, a regulation guided by Act No 14, 2015 of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria, was established by then President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2006 to safeguard the lives of Nigerians, give value to Nigerian products as well as protect the environment and property.
Samuel explained, “Only organisations that get MANCAP certification can use the logo of SON on their products, it is one of the ways to boost the consumers’ confidence about a particular product.”
He noted that every country in the world has a standard body that regulates standards and ensures that products of that country are safeguarded, stressing that the same with the SON as standards were made mandatory for the purpose of safeguarding lives and health.
The Director-General of SON, Mallam Farouk Salim, had earlier called on federal government agencies to work with the organization to boost the confidence of Nigerians about its products.
Represented by the Director, North Central Region, Sale Babaji, Salim said that SON has powers to prosecute anyone who uses its logo or mark without certification or its approval.
