The Standards Organisation of Nigeria SON has been conferred with an award of the “Institution in the Ease of Doing Business in Nigeria”.
The award was given by the National Information Technology Development Agency NITDA during the Digital Nigeria Dinner 2022 Award Night.
In a statement signed by the Director of Public Relations, Mrs. Mrs. Foluso Bolaji, the award comes after the agencies ranking as the number one Government Agency in the Ease of Doing Business by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC).
According to the statement SON has been at the forefront of facilitating businesses to thrive and grow in Nigeria by ensuring all its processes are captured online to enable prospective clients, stakeholders, and prospective partners to assess most services online without bottlenecks.
It stated that the micro, medium and small-scale enterprises (MSMEs) have also been nurtured by SON over the years through training and certification of their products especially those ready for export outside the shores of Nigeria.
The SON has also ensured maximum support to the MSMEs by drastically reducing the costs of standards by half to enable them effectively apply the requirements to whatever goods they produce or services they carry out.
The Director General and Chief Executive of SON, Mr. Farouk Salim while addressing journalists after the awards, said the Core mandate of SON is to establish and enforce standards and quality to forestall the influx of substandard products into the country.
He said the award was an attestation to the hard work and dedication put in by SON staff all across the country to ensure that industries are constantly inspected so that consumer end-products are beneficial to consumers who will drive demand by their use and with demands, for more production and the economy will thrive for the better.
Other categories of awards included Long Service Awards for Staff who have served the NITDA for 10 and 20 years, awards for Corporate Social Responsibility, Digital Compliant States, and IT Start-ups.
Dominica Nwabufo
