SON raids Yola tyres, electricity wires markets, confiscate sub standard goods

The Adamawa State office of the Standard Organization of Nigeria has raided Yola tyres and electricity wires markets and confiscated sub-standard goods worth millions of naira.
Speaking shortly after the raid, Malam Adamu Abubakar, the State Coordinator of the organization, said the exercise was a directive from the headquarters of the organization in Abuja.
Abubakar said: “This is national assignment.
“It was declared for all states’ offices in the country to carry out this obligation on sub-standard goods, especially tyres, cables, electronics and gas cylinders.”
He said the aim of the raid was to ensure that all sub-standard products are flushed out of the markets across Nigeria.
According to Abubakar, during the exercise, no fewer than 300 shops were raided and that it would be carried out periodically.
He called on Nigerian marketers to always purchase standard and certified products and to avoid sub standard products.