SON Reads Riot Act To Promoters of Cloned Brands

By Chibuzo Obidike

With cloned brands taking a huge chunk of market share and equity from original manufacturers, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has read riot act to promoters of cloned brands in a bid to check fake and substandard goods in the country.

The Director-General, SON, Mallam Farouk Salim while reading the act, explained that the agency would discourage importers of any product that has substantial products from short-changing unsuspecting consumers.

Salim stated this during his state visit to the SON office in Awka

The Director-General, announced plans to better workers welfare and to increase its engagement with stakeholders in the country, noting that the move by the agency would help protect the interest of the business community while also safeguarding life and property.

He assured that the standards body would work with stakeholders to sensitize the business community on the need to ensure safety and standards.

Mallam Salim also commended the customs Service for their partnership with the organization in apprehending people who are not doing the right thing and added that the organization will continue to encourage local production, as it is the surest way to create wealth and job opportunities for the nation’s teeming youths.

He solicited for more effort towards actualization of the state permanent office which is gradually been encroached into and the inability of the state office to enforce eproduct registration of products in some market clusters due to the hostile attitude of importers and traders among others.