The Director General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Ifeanyi Chukwunonso Okeke, yesterday reiterated SON’s commitment to continue to protect and the growth of local manufacturing companies in the country in the bid to enhance industrialisation of the nation.
Okeke said such development would also reduce the production of sub standards products and thereby accelerating the economic growth of the country.
Speaking in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Thursday while declaring open a one-day Stakeholders’ Forum for Manufacturers, MSMEs, Importers and Exporters, Okeke said the protection of local manufacturing companies remains a main agenda of the present administration in its tasks to discourage importation of goods and services.
The theme of the workshop is “Standards: The Pillar for Innovation, Safety and Sustainable Development”.
The DG, represented by the SON Director, Corporate Affairs, Talatu Ethan said: “One of the cornerstones of this administration’s industrial policy is the ‘Nigeria First Policy’”.
“This is not just a directive from above, it is a challenge to every Nigerian to look inward, support homegrown solutions, and raise the quality of local production,” she said.
