The Director-General of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON Mr Ifeanyi Okeke says standardisation is the key to industrialisation and a sustainable economy.
Mr Okeke said this in Abuja when he flagged off a road walk #walkforstandard, in commemoration of the 2024 World Standard Day organised by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria.
He stated that the walk is aimed at creating awareness on the importance of standardisation in the global economy.
“We are also recognising the effort of everyone who has participated in standardisation in Nigeria, in Africa and all over the world, we are talking about our National Technical Committee members, our SON management and other professionals, experts, regulators and Industry practitioners that have participated in ensuring that we develop standards over time,” Mr Okeke explained.
“Standard is the bedrock of what we do, it takes its root from everything we do at SON in terms of regulation, in terms of certification and in terms of conformity assessment,” he said.
The Director, Standards Development of SON, Mr Yahaya Buka said the theme of the 2024 World Standard Day, “Our Shared Vision for a Better World: Standards for Changing the Climate” focuses on how Artificial Intelligence, AI can be applied in the industry.
According to him, “Standards are going to be developed and applied in the industry to ensure that Artificial Intelligence is responsibly applied in the industry, we are talking about where products are being manufactured, we are talking about innovation, where things are being developed and where Artificial Intelligence is being used to drive industrial development.
“SON invited some of its stakeholders to share in this vision, by bringing together stakeholders to develop our standard we have been able to achieve alot in the government of standard.
“And also in the application of standards we are inviting everybody to join hands with SON to ensure that this standards are applied for the benefit of the goals they are set for, we have about 17 standard development goals and all of them qqcannot be achieved without the use of standards,” Mr Buka added.
Every year October 14, members of ISO, IEC and ITU celebrate World Standards Day, which is a means of paying tribute to the collaborative effort on experts worldwide who developed the voluntary technical agreement that are published as international standards.
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