Two engineers and staff of SON, Kareem Adisa and Ibrahim Aliyu, testified to this on Thursday at an Ikeja Coroner’s Court.
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Malam Farouk Salim, Director-General, SON, at the enforcement exercise, said the seizure was part of the efforts and commitment to safeguarding lives and properties of unsuspecting consumers.
Mallam Farouk Salim, SON Director-General, made this known during the official ceremony and commencement of the calibration of the APM terminal weigh bridges in Apapa ports on Monday in Lagos.
Supervising the destruction in Enugu, Obinna Manafa, the Director, Inspectorate and Compliance Directorate of SON, said the agency seized the substandard cooking gas cylinders in 2018.
Its Director-General, Malam Farouk Salim, made this known on Thursday, while receiving the Alaba International Amalgamated Traders Association, during a visit to SON office in Lagos.
Salim made the pledge in a short ceremony at the conference room of the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment as he assumed office, obtained from the Standards body website on Saturday.
Farouk Salim, Director General of SON, while presenting the certificates to the deserving firms said certification and safety were of utmost importance especially now that the country was coming out of lockdown.
SON FCT Coordinator, Gambo Dimka, said this at the organisation’s “Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme certificate presentation on Wednesday in Abuja.
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, stated this on Monday at an investigative hearing on the incessant influx of fake, substandard and counterfeit products into the country, organised by the House of Representatives Joint Committee on Commerce; Industry; Information; National Orientation; Ethics and Values.
The equipment, which had already scaled tests by the Standards Organisation of Nigerian and currently being tested by NAFDAC, is a collaboration between the council and the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria has advised Nigerians against using 12.5kg cylinder as camp gas, describing the practice as highly dangerous.
The Standard Organisation of Nigeria says it has concluded plan to unveil sealed code to enable buyers or consumers detect fake products in the markets.
The Senate Committee on Industries has restated its commitment to return the Standards Organisation of Nigeria officials to the nation’s seaports.
Earlier, a Senior State Counsel, Olofindare Adeleke, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on February 12 at Close 6, House 4, Satellite Town, Lagos and at 110/114, Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Isolo
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria says it has destroyed substandard mobile phone accessories worth N480 million.
The Standard Organisation of Nigeria says it will prosecute importers, manufacturers and distributors of substandard Liquefied Petroleum Gas cylinders and other products as provided by law.
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria says it has adopted 10 American Petroleum Institute standards for international best practices in the oil and gas sector in Nigeria.
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria has clarified its position on allegations by the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees, following which the Union picketed the SON Corporate Headquarters in Abuja.
The Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees on Tuesday paralysed activities at Standards Organisation of Nigeria office in Abuja demanding better welfare condition for the staff.
Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, in a statement said the gesture was spurred by the successes recorded in the first 50 per cent discount window