ABUJA: The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has partnered the European Union (EU) to build capacities and competences required to stop rejection of exports from Nigeria at the global market.
It said to meet up with the diversification agenda of the Presidency, which would be pursued with the support of 2016 budget, Nigerian products must gain acceptance at the international market.
Its Director-General, Dr. Joseph Odumodu, said to prevent the nation from suffering disadvantages due to non-acceptability of its exports, 70 workers of SON, who will retrain others across the value chain, will be trained by the team of experts from EU for eight months.
He spoke at the inaugural meeting of SON with the experts for the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)-EU-Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) programme on capacity building and training on standardisation.
The theme of the forum was: “Fostering Standardisation Values and Capacity Growth for Made-in-Nigeria Products”.
He said Nigeria, buying 80 per cent of what it consumes and selling less than 20 per cent of what it has capacity to produce, is a net buyer at the international community.
He said: “The partnership with EU to build capacities for Made-in-Nigeria goods is a micro quality intervention programme focused on specific areas such as agricultural produce, chemical testing, electronics and electrical, as well as identifying gaps in the processes of accreditation of laboratories.”
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