SON issues conformity certificates to seven companies in Niger

By Mashe Umaru Gwamna

Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Niger state 2 office has issued Mandatory Conformity in Assessment Programme (MANCAP) certificates to 7 companies in Suleje, Niger state. SON said the products are 12 in number, saying six companies are majorly food related, which includes: water,rice and potatoes chips.

The agency added that a foam manufacturer also acquired certification while another company had its certificate revalidated.

Speaking at the presentation

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of the certificates, Director General/ Chief Executive of SON, Farouk Salim said that the event was a continuation of the organisation’s mission to promote consumers’ confidence and global competitiveness of made-in-Nigeria products through standardisation and quality assurance.

Salim who was represented by the Director, North Central, Babaji Saleh commended the awardees for ensuring that their products comply with all SON processes.

He said, “These certificates have expiration date. After three years it will expire. We expect all the manufacturers to come for

Gov. Sule calls for peaceful coexistence among ethnic groups

Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has called for peaceful coexistence among the different ethnic groups in the state.

Sule made the call at a reception in honour of Rep. Jeremiah Umaru, representing Nasarawa Eggon/Akwanga/ Wamba Federal Constituency of the state, on Saturday in Wamba Represented by his Deputy, Dr Emmanuel Akabe, the governor said that elections were over and called on the people to shelve their differences and give room good governance.

“Nasarawa belongs to all of us and elections are over; it is now time for governance and so we must put our differences behind us and collectively forge ahead.

“This is because anybody who wants to run a race and continues to look back will definitely stumble and fall; we don’t want to stumble.

Abbas, NILDS

By Christiana Ekpa