By Naomi Uzor

The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), has destroyed fake and substandard goods worth N500 million. Speaking at the occasion of the formal destruction of fake and substandard goods at Sagamu dump site, Ogun state, the Head, Inspectorate and Compliance Directorate, SON, Engr. Bede Obayi, said, the destruction exercise was carried out  to completely do away with sub-standard goods which failed the SON test carried out on the products.

“We have told Nigerians to run away from such life danger products, they pose dangers to life and ruin the nation’s economy. These sub-standard products evacuated in nine trucks from our Ogba warehouse worth millions of naira were intercepted by our vigilant enforcement and monitoring personnel at various points from the ports and border stations” he said.

Furthermore he said”We are destroying this huge volume of goods that create jobs for foreigners, Nigeria gets nothing but economic losses. It is not a pleasant job destroying these products but we owe it as a duty to save Nigerians by burning these products. It is our service to our country and the core mandate of our agency that forms the basis of zero tolerance for substandard goods of which a national coalition campaign was launched across the country in 2014″ he said.

He stressed that the agency has repeatedly appealed to importers to bring in goods that meet the minimum requirements of the Nigerian Industrial Standard (NIS) and that give consumers value for their hard earned money.