Browsing Category
Industry
Olam Emerges 2020 Employer Of Choice In Africa As Certified By Top Employers Institute
Olam, a leading food and agribusiness conglomerate, has emerged as an employer of choice in the African region, for 2020.
The agri-business firm, which has extensive market operations in Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and South…
Kebbi Govt Expends Over N2b To Reconstruct Central Market
The Kebbi state government has expended more than two billion naira on the reconstruction of the Birnin Kebbi Central Market gutted by fire on 23rd July, 2016.
Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu announced this at the presentation of keys of…
AfCFTA : Kano Manufacturers Want FG To Reposition SON’s Operations At Entry Points
The Kano branch of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has called for the proper positioning of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) at the nation’s entry points in line with the implementation of the African Continental…
Dangote Group Takes Advantage Of AfCFTA, Establishes New Trade Routes
As part of measures to explore benefits of the borderless deal within the sub region, Dangote Industries Ltd, has announced its cement and fertilizer investments expansion plans aimed at opening new trade routes for Nigeria under the…
SON Laments Slow Procedures By Northern Manufacturers On Products Certification
The Director General, SON, Mallam Salim Farouk,over the weekend, expressed dissatisfaction over the longer process and procedures faced by northern manufacturers to certify their goods .
Salim disclosed this in Kano State…
SON Decries False Declaration By Shippers As Major Setback
Apparently dissatisfied with the influx of sub standard and fake products, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), has decried false declaration by shippers as major hiccup faced by the organisation.
…
Manufacturers Want More Funding For SON, Harps On Agency’s Return To Seaports
President, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Engr. Mansur Ahmed, has harped on the need for the federal government to adequately empower the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) in order to perform effectively of cleaning the…
Sanwo Olu Moves To Provide Permanent Site For Lagos International Trade Fair
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, has disclosed that plans are on the way to have a permanent site for the Premier Trade Fair in Nigeria and the largest International Exhibition in West Africa, the Lagos…
SON Intensifies Effort To Increase Engagement With Alaba Int’l Traders
The Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON), has stated plans to increase its level of engagement with stakeholders in the Alaba International Market, noting that this move by the agency would help protect the interest of the business…
SON Partners Police To Enforce Standards,Flags Off Quality Products Campaign
The Director General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Mallam Farouk Salim, has disclosed that the agency has since commenced a nationwide sensitization campaign on the need to have only standards and quality products in circulation…