As part of efforts to address the challenges of substandard products, the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) has developed a product authentication model (PAM) to facilitate the verification of the source quality of products in the Nigerian market.
Sensitizing stakeholders on the PAM yesterday, the Director General of SON, Mallam Farouk Salim, noted that the organisation would continue to facilitate trade, ensure that importers’ and manufacturers’ products meet the requirements of the relevant standards, thereby promoting public safety, improving the lives and security of citizens and making Nigeria products marketable around the world.
Farouk, who disclosed that part of the benefits of the model included protection of genuine manufacturers and importers from faking and counterfeiting their certified products, applauded the organization for having substantially reduced the importation, manufacturing, and distribution of substandard products in the country through its mandatory conformity assessment program, MANCAP and SON conformity assessment program, SONCAP.
He however lamented that despite the effort of the organisation, substandard products were still being imported, manufactured, and distributed in the country by smuggling and some other form. – THE SUN
