The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has reaffirmed its determination in ensuring that made in Nigeria goods are up to standard, geared towards enhancing export businesses in the country.
The director general of the agency, Malam Faruk Salim, stated this while commissioning the new training center of the agency situated at Khalifa Isiyaka Rabiu Housing Estate in Kano metropolis.
He said the objective of establishing the training center was to train business entrepreneurs across the northern region and the country at large in modern techniques of standardisation of products that will be accepted globally.
He noted that the center would also award certificates to those entrepreneurs trained, saying the gesture would boost the economic development of the country.
“This training center, when completed, would increase the income taxes and transportation system of the region would also be improved among other economic benefits,” he said.
The director general added that the center would also train business entrepreneurs in Halal business, which is currently one of the booming businesses in the world.
He said a befitting laboratory was also established in the center geared towards ensuring that Nigerian made products were up to standard.
“This is a mini- standard organisation in Kano because it encompasses all the needed requisites of SON and I assure you that this will go a long way in the improvement of standardisation of Nigerian made products,” he said.
Earlier, during an interactive session with the staff of the agency who were employed two years ago, the director general urged them to stick to the rules and regulations of the civil service.
