The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) seized 2,370 substandard products from Kaduna markets in the past three months, an official said on Wednesday.
The SON Coordinator in the state, Mr Danlami Datti, gave the figure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna.
According to Datti, the seized products are: 936 cables, 794 tyres, 500 gas cylinders, 61 trays of insecticide, 60 trays of liquid detergent and 19 packs of tooth paste.
“The mop up is going on quietly because we facilitate businesses; we do not kill business.
“If we are to make noise about the enforcement, we will spoil business for authentic business people, and cause customers to shy away from genuine products.
“We are particular about ridding the nation of products which do not meet our required standards,’’ he said.
The coordinator said that SON would ensure that all substandard goods were out of Nigerian markets.
“We conduct market survey and surveillance with our team; once a product is suspected to be substandard, we take it to the laboratory for confirmation.
“If we find it to be truly substandard, we mop it out of the market.’’
Datti said that SON officers collaborated with stakeholders and other informants to trace the route through which substandard products got to markets.
“Once every quarter, we go on factory inspection to ensure that factories meet the required standard and quality of products in their production,’’ Datti said.
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