SON destroys N10b substandard products
The Standards
Organisation of Nigeria (SON) destroyed sub-standard goods worth N10
billion imported through the country’s borders in 2010.
John Akanya, the
director general of SON, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on
Tuesday in Abuja that of the sub-standard goods, fake drugs alone
accounted for N8.9 billion.
The other goods
destroyed include food products, household items, computers, television
sets, antennas, ball pens, cables, gas cylinder, and building
materials, among others.
Mr. Akanya deplored
the situation, and said that the continued destruction of sub-standard
products was hampering the economic development of the country.
He called for the
cooperation of other relevant agencies to tackle the menace of fake
products, “which are not only dangerous to the lives of the citizens,
but have succeeded in giving the country a bad image.”
He also said there
was the need to monitor and track products coming into the country
because more than 90 per cent of goods available in the country were
imported.
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