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Nigeria - The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Olusegun Aganga disclosed at the weekend unveiling of the new office complex of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) in Abuja that Nigerian-made products are one of the most rejected by the world in the sub-saharan region.
According to him, this is due to lack of accredited laboratories in the country where the products could be tested before being shipped abroad.
“In the last five years Nigeria has more than 103 rejects. If you compare that to other African countries like South African and Ghana, who only have between 6 to 7 rejects, our is unacceptable. We are having this rejects because we did not have accredited laboratory in the country.”
“We all say we want to diversify the economy with a view to increasing our income from non-oil products. But there is no way we can achieve this without having quality infrastructure such as the laboratory.”
Aganga who recalled that Nigerians hitherto had to take farm produce like yam to Ghana for laboratory testing before exporting them to the UK, however, express confidence that things would change now with the new testing laboratory.
#Nigeria #Aganga
According to him, this is due to lack of accredited laboratories in the country where the products could be tested before being shipped abroad.
“In the last five years Nigeria has more than 103 rejects. If you compare that to other African countries like South African and Ghana, who only have between 6 to 7 rejects, our is unacceptable. We are having this rejects because we did not have accredited laboratory in the country.”
“We all say we want to diversify the economy with a view to increasing our income from non-oil products. But there is no way we can achieve this without having quality infrastructure such as the laboratory.”
Aganga who recalled that Nigerians hitherto had to take farm produce like yam to Ghana for laboratory testing before exporting them to the UK, however, express confidence that things would change now with the new testing laboratory.
#Nigeria #Aganga
