Indeed,
the agency said the development of new standards, review of existing ones,
adoption of international, continental and regional standards are to make
Nigeria globally relevant and competitive.
The
Director-General, SON, Osita Aboloma,
explained that the agency had also gone ahead to develop codes and guidelines
across the value-chain.
“We have developed a standard specification for dry beans, and we
did not stop there because specification is just a document because along the
value chain, things have to be done well for us to get the end product
acceptable anywhere in the world.
“We have developed codes and guidelines for planting beans and that
entails the kind of soil to use to plant beans and agricultural chemicals that
need to be applied, and how they should be applied. We have also developed
standards for harvesting and transportation in order not to get their products
contaminated,” he
said.
Aboloma,
who was represented by the Director, Standards Development, Chinyere Egwuonwu, told journalists in
Lagos that this year alone, SON has developed over 500 standards that have been
approved for use in industry and commerce within Nigeria and the international
community.
He
stressed that the standards cut across various economic sectors with a lot
focus on the agro and allied sector, manufacturing, processing, African
traditional medicine, human resources management, tourism to mention a few.
In his
words: “Most recently, SON governing council approved
another set of 339 standards for use in Nigeria. Of this number, 85 were newly
developed, 31 were existing standards that were reviewed while the rest 223
were adopted international, continental and regional standards as Nigeria
Industrial Standards.” (Guardian)
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