SON engages electricity industry to ensure safety, quality of products

THE Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has engaged the services of experts from the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry to develop and implement the Electro-technical standard to ensure the safety and quality of products.

Speaking at a summit with the theme “Making Impact in Global Standardisation” in Abuja on Tuesday, Director-General of SON, Osita Aboloma said the programme was aimed at creating awareness of the benefits of the implementation of standards.

Represented by Felix Nyado, the Director, Operations, the DG noted that the summit was also aimed at getting Electro-technical experts to be more involved in the process of standards development both at the national and international levels.

“This is aimed at providing consumers with guides on how to identify the efficiency rating of appliances, depicted by one star for less efficient and five stars for more efficient appliances”.

He noted that “It is expected that the implementation of these standards will help consumers make informed decisions when purchasing electrical and electronic appliances.

“This, in turn, will reduce the amount of money spent on electricity bills and make the saved energy available to other consumers,” he stated

Aboloma said further that the reforms in the country’s electricity supply sector had resulted in increased interest in local manufacturing of electrical equipment and components.

Also speaking at the summit, the Acting Director, Standards Development of SON said: “standards build trust, without which technological advancement and innovations would be impossible”.

Egwuonwu noted that the organisation would continue to strengthen and maximise the existing partnership between Nigeria and the International Electro-technical Commission (IEC), being the leader in Electro-technical Standardisation.

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“After the summit, it is expected that local, regional and international standardisation works and ensure Nigeria experience a more positive dimension” adding that markets and consumers were constantly procuring and applying Electrotechnical and other related technology-based products/services to improve life.