The National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB) of India has awarded the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) four international management systems standards, a feat ascribed to the agency’s adherence to quality and innovations. According to the Director General, SON, Osita Aboloma, the four standards included, (ISO Quality Management System, Environmental Management System, Occupational Health […]
Read More The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has urged importers of substandard goods to desist from wasting huge sums of money on importation of goods that have no consumer utility. SON also said that such fake goods would end up being destroyed if intercepted, pointing out that the agency would stop at nothing to protect the […]
Read More The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), yesterday, said it would blacklist and publish the names of erring importers and manufacturers of fake and sub-standard lubricants in the country. The Director General, SON, Osita Aboloma, disclosed that the action was aimed at sending a strong warning to unscrupulous individuals involved in the illicit business. Aboloma stated […]
Read More Worried about the moribund state of paper industry in the country, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and relevant stakeholders have reviewed standards to revive the sector. Indeed, the regulatory body has harped on the need for the country’s paper industry to be abreast of global technology and standards in order to be competitive with […]
Read More Against the backdrop of incessant transformer explosions across the country, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has engaged relevant stakeholders to ensure the use of quality transformers for safety of electricity workers and in household wiring. Speaking at a forum on Stakeholders’ Awareness and Collaboration with Transformers Dealers Association (TDA), in Lagos, Director General of SON, […]
Read More The Director-General/Chief Executive, Standards Organisation of Nigeria, Mr Osita Aboloma, has called on manufacturers in the food and beverage industries to ensure production of quality products at all times. He said this on Wednesday during the presentation of the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System certificate to the Rite Foods Limited at its factory in Ososa, […]
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The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) says there is the need for stakeholders in the e-Commerce space to adhere strictly to standards to grow the sector. The organisation made the call when it met with the stakeholders at a forum in Lagos, tagged “The Role of Standards and Quality Regulation in Electronic Commerce’’. The organisation […]
Read More Frequent explosions of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, storage tanks and cylinders in Nigeria can be avoided, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON, Director-General Mr. Osita Aboloma has said. To avoid such incidents, Aboloma urged operators in the sector to subscribe to the SON certification of their vessels. He said due certification of LPG storage vessels, […]
Read More The Director General/Chief Executive Officer, Standard Organisation of Nigeria, SON, Mr. Osita Anthony Aboloma, has said that cement constitutes greater percentages of causes of building collapse in the country, correspondents report. Speaking at the Technical Committee meeting for the review of the standard for cement, NIS444-1 2014, in Lagos, the DG who was represented by […]
Read More The Director General of Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Mr. Osita Anthony Aboloma, has said that its new ultra modern laboratory complex will be ready for commissioning very soon. Aboloma, who stated this at the 2017 Association of Industrial Microbiologists of Nigeria (AIMN) conference and Annual Symposium held recently in Lagos , said it is […]
Read More The Director General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) Anthony Aboloma yesterday said in partnership with the International Standard Organisation (ISO 700), which is high in all areas of infrastructure will help in upgrading Nigerian’s urbanisation standards. Aboloma spoke during the world standard day in Abuja, with: Standard Makes Cities Smarter assuring that they are working […]
Read More The Director General of Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Mr. Osita Aboloma, has lamented that each time substandard goods were seized, their value was estimated at ₦100 billion. Aboloma disclosed this in Lagos when he led a team on sensitisation of members of the Electrical Dealers Association of Nigeria (EDAN) on standard electrical products and […]
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