FG expresses concern over substandard goods processes in Nigeria
By Ahmed Ahmed
The Federal Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (FMSTI) has expressed concern over substandard, counterfeit and defective materials, goods, and processes across the country.
The Minister of the Ministry, Chief Henry Ikoh, made the lamentation at the Northeast on the establishment and implementation of the technology and innovation centres for global competitiveness and productivity by the strategy implementation task force for presidential executive order No. 5 on Monday in Bauchi.
The THEME of The North East Dialogue is titled “Achieving Nigeria’s Competitiveness and Improved foreign exchange Earnings through Science Technology and Innovation.”
He said the Federal Government is aware of the unfortunate situations created by substandard, counter-fit and defective materials, goods, processes and even systems on our people and trading partners.
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“This we shall tackle under the Presidential Executive Order No5 through interventions to ensure that strong regulatory frameworks are deployed with all sense of responsibility so that we can build trust and confidence in our goods and services,” he said
According to him, In its bid to further strengthen the EO 5, THE Federal Government approved the National Policy on Welding and Welding Related fields and its implementation as part of efforts to drive the nation’s Industrialization and Sustainable Development.
“As it is today, most welders come from the neighbouring countries. We need all hands- on deck, especially with the discovery of Oil in the South East Zone, to hasten bolder action in this direction. We must ensure that our people in South East are prepared for the full industrialization of Nigeria.
Chief Ikoh urged Stakeholders participating in this Dialogue to identify important enhancing factors for effective regulation and credible certification and accreditation for the intervention of the Presidential Monitoring and Evaluation Council.
“Bearing in mind the need for consideration in the future of third-party conformity assessment of our toolbox, systems and processes by internationally recognized conformity assessment establishments.
“This will give added credence to our operations in Nigeria at this stage of our development. It will also provide a basis for confidence in our certification and accreditation outcomes.
The Minster assures continued support of both the Presidential Monitoring and Evaluation Council of Executive Order No 5,
