By Charles Okonji
As part of continuous efforts geared towards increasing the country’s competitiveness in the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has continued to upgrade and equip existing laboratories as well as procuring new ones.
In furtherance of this, the SON recently acquired the multi million naira mobile laboratory which is one of the world’s most recent technologies in standardization with a very high accuracy.
According to a statement from the Agency, “As Nigeria makes steady progress towards showcasing herself at the sub-regional, regional, continental and global levels in quest of trade facilitation, export promotion as well as global acceptability and competitiveness of locally made products, standardisation and technology-driven initiatives remain the leeway to attaining greater heights.”
The statement reads, industry specific training services which SON renders include quality assurance in manufacturing, Good Manufacturing Practice, implementation of specific international standards, laboratory Equipment Qualification/activities as well as Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point.
“The NRCAP Scheme has been designed for the purpose of delivering efficient and effective quality services to consumers,” the statement pointed out.
