Why companies must adhere to standards

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has said that the only way to strengthen the Naira which is fast losing value is to get both the big and small scale industries to work at optimal level by adhering strictly to standards.

Mallam Farouk said that developing MSMEs through standardisation and quality assurance remains the task of SON, pointing out that most resource based manufacturing companies are within the MSMEs bracket. The SON boss said that adhering strictly to standardisation and quality assurance would make Nigerian products and services more acceptable at the international market, noting that when all products and services conform to standards, the country and her people would benefit tremendously from it.

“It provides a company with a competitive edge in the market. Manufacturers and service providers need to ensure that their products and services meet the right specifications and deliver on their customers’ expectations.“When a company assesses its products and services in accordance with relevant standards, this helps the company to adapt to the latest market trends regarding quality.

“We all know what happened when yams exported to US from Nigeria was rejected. We have to look at it from the local content. Our association is fully in support and will remain compliant.”In his message, Prince Elvis Ihie, President, Association of Micro, Enterprises of Nigeria regretted that though the industry is the highest employers of labour that the federal government has neglected them while busy chasing foreign business people.Mr.

Earlier, the Senior Special Assistant to the SON DG, Chief Duru Emeka, who doubles as coordinator of the sensitisation, said that Nigerian products were produced in line with international best practices and enjoy global competitiveness in line with the organisation’s quality infrastructure strategy under the able leadership of Mallam Farouk Salim.

 

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