Amosun tasks SON on substandard products
The Ogun state governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has called on the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to as a matter of urgency, purge the country of substandand lubricants and other fake products that abound in the country.
Amosun also urged the government agency to check the influx of fake and substandard products into the country and protect the interest of consumers.
He said this in Abeokuta on Tuesday at the quality awareness programme organised by the SON on the theme: ‘Quality awareness and effects of substandard lubricants on engines and equipment.’
While he said there were some substandard lubricants abound in the markets across the country, the governor added that the body also needed to carry out thorough investigation, arrest and prosecute manufacturers and purveyors of substandard, and hazardous products and services.
He said,” I want to charge the Standard Organisation of Nigeria to be up and doing in its responsibility of protecting the consumers through the elimination of substandard and hazardous goods and services from the market place.”
Amosun who was represented by the Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Otunba Bimbo Ashiru, said his administration would continue to insist that products of companies within the state should be of high quality which could compete with international standard.
While he said the state government would continue to be a partner in progress with manufacturers operating in the state, he further explained that the enabling environment has been provided for business to thrive.
On his own part, the Director-General of SON, Mr.Osita Aboloma, said the workshop was organised to sensitise operators in the lubricants sector on the need adhere to standards in the production and usage of certified products.
Aboloma who was represented by the organisation’s Director for Systems Certification, Mrs Oluremi Ayeni noted that lubricants were essential to running engines in the industries, adding that “the wheel of industries will grind to a halt without lubrication.”
He,however, said adulterated or bad lubricants would shorten the life of engines and could ultimately lead to increase in running cost and prices of products or services.
The SON boss urged consumers to always place premium on products with certification and standardisation, “because they have gone through due processes and examination’.
Earlier in his welcome address, the State coordinator of SON, Engr Samuel Ayuba said tjw Agency will continue to strife that quality is maintained in all manufacturing sector as it remained a factor to achieve development.
