Nigeria: SON reduces substandard products to 45% in three years
The Standard Organisation on Nigeria said it was able to reduce the level of substandard products in the country from a staggering 85 per cent to 45 per cent between March 2011 and November 2014.
Dr. Joseph Odumodu, Director General SON, said on Thursday at the 2nd Lagos NIPR Stakeholders Conference with the theme, ‘The Nigerian Consumer Right and Obligations’ held at the University of Lagos, that to tackle the menace of substandard products importation, production, storage and distribution demanded the merging of the Enforcement, Ports and Border Operation Units into a full directorate now called ‘Inspectorate and Compliance Directorate (ICD).
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