Officials of Standards Organization of Nigeria, SON, have begun sealing of shops that sell substandard handsets in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The Assistant Chief of Standards at the agency, Mamza Irimiya, who led the operation, advised mobile phone marketers to desist from selling phones that are not of standard.
According to reports, during the operation, officials of the Standards Organizations of Nigeria interrogated some of the traders and stressed that the phones had health and environmental implications.
Speaking to newsmen some shop owners urged SON to beam its searchlight on the companies that supply them the phones and not vendors in the market.
This scenario reoccurred at different markets but the SON officials were not deterred as more seizures were made.
Meanwhile, SON has said that further investigation would be conducted on the seized goods, before the sealed shops are reopened.
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