SON introduces product identification scheme

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has intensified efforts to enhance product certification and support manufacturers by decentralising its laboratory network and introducing a temporary Product Identification Scheme.

Speaking at a stakeholders’ forum on the Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme for all products manufactured in Nigeria and the Logo launch ceremony at MAN House on Tuesday in Lagos, the Director-General of SON, Dr Ifeanyi Okeke, said the agency has established seven regional laboratories in Bauchi, Abuja, Kano, Kaduna, Awka, Akwa Ibom, and Lagos.

This move, he explained, will significantly reduce the time it takes for manufacturers to test their products, thereby easing the certification process.

Okeke also highlighted the agency’s strengthened manpower certification process.