Committee Against Smuggling and Counterfeiting Activities Destroying the Economy

Boosting SMEs’ productivity with standardisation

November 3, 2014 by admin News 0 comments

Dr Joseph Odumodu, Director General of the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) brought home the devastating effects of substandard products recently at the 2014 anti-counterfeit conference hosted by Hewlett-Packard in Abuja when he said that they have been responsible for the death of many Nigerians, loss of over N100 billion to the economy, and millions of job losses.

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