The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has warned steel manufacturers to calibrate their equipment used in production of steel rods and reinforcement bars or choose to be forced out of business.
The Director General, SON, Mallam Farouk Salim, said it is not business as usual, as SON is fully geared to ensure that all equipment used in measuring various parameters are calibrated in the country.
The SON boss stated this at a stakeholders’ forum with Steel Manufacturers Association of Nigeria recently.
He stated that SON has acquired the latest measuring instruments to ensure compliance of the standards, pointing out that the standards body is fully equipped to carry out calibration of the equipment used in the steel industry, maritime, oil and gas other industries.
The consumers will get value for their money, the manufacturers will be happy because they are producing their products to meet the requirements of SON and that means that Nigerians will be happy to use these products to build structures that will stand the test of time to stem the incidences of collapsed buildings and build the economy of this country,” he added.
The Director, National Metrology Institute (NMI), SON, Engr. Bede Obayi in his remarks said the institute represents Nigeria in all matters of metrology, stating that the highest accuracy standard of measurement in Nigeria is traceable to NMI.
“Metrology ensures that all the National Quality Infrastructure (NQI) for Nigeria’s economic development stands which means that every component for infrastructural development projects to stand, measurement must be accurate, traceable to the highest level of measurement instruments in Nigeria and these are stored in the institute.”
Follow The Eagle Online Channel on WhatsApp
