The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has charged manufacturers in the country to ramp up their production capacities to discourage importation of substandard imports.
Indeed, the standards body stated that Nigerian
manufacturers have the capacity and comparative advantage to produce the
nation’s requirements, while also stating the need to protect, encourage and
nurture local industries.
The Director General, SON, Mallam Farouk Salim, at a
facility tour to PZ Cussons and other factories in Lagos, said SON holds the
interest of local industries at heart, reaffirming the agency’s commitment to
protect local industries in the country.
“We are in the business to make sure that our industries
survive. PZ Cussons and other industries need to be encouraged, protected and
nourished.
He, however, stated that SON was planning to approach the
National Assembly to review SON Act, urging industries to join their voices in
its bid to achieve the feat.
“This is where serious industries matter because we want to
work together and we want your support as we go to the National Assembly.
“We also like to have a working relationship with different
cadres of the industry through the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN),”
he said.
He also pointed out the need for industries to differentiate
between ease of doing business and ease of doing imports, highlighting the
urgent need for companies to boost their local production capacity.
“The industry should differentiate between Ease of Doing
Imports and Ease of Doing Business.
“The industries have to make it clear to regulatory agencies
in this country. We want Ease of Doing Business and not Ease of Doing Imports.
“Other climes did not survive by opening their borders to
every import. SON is the only regulatory agency saddled with the
responsibilities of ensuring and regulating standards in the country, but we
are supposed to be helped.
“Every where in the world standards bodies are supported by
industries,” he urged.
He added: “The Nigerian industries are sitting idly while
substandard goods and easy imports are destroying the industry.
“We have been able to santize the industry in the past two
years, but we still need the support of industries to totally eradicate the
influx of substandard goods in the country.
“We want you to come together as a group and to us so that
we can see how we can protect the local industries.
“Industries are going down and PZ is just one of the few
that survived over the years.
“We at the SON, we are here to serve, we are here to work
with the industry to make sure that people who are trying to destroy the
industry are not only locked up and punished but are stopped.
“Our responsibility is to advertise Nigeria’s local
industries and we are not ashamed to be your partners. In other climes, bans
protect the local industries. The Nigerian industries should start looking at
this direction. You have the capacity to produce the things we need. The
industry must work together with us.
“Together we would lobby the National Assembly and if the
National Assembly is convinced that PZ and other industries can produce all our
requirements, they will ban importation of products; we have the comparative
and competitive advantage of producing. Let us work together and map out a
strategy that the regulatory agencies can work with to eradicate substandard
goods into the country,” he advised.
Earlier, the Managing Director, PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc,
Panagiotis Katsis, pledged the company’s efforts to increase the level of
support to SON, assuring that PZ Cussons will never compromise standards for
profitability.
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