DIRECTOR
General Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Osita Aboloma, has declared
that the agency would spare no effort at boosting intra and inter-African
trade.
Speaking
at the 56th council meeting of the African Organisation for Standardisation
ARSO, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, the SON boss stated that promoting African
trade within and outside remained critical towards the overall economic
development of the continent.
He said
Nigeria through the instrumentality of SON, would continue to play vital role
towards African’s economic integration and trade facilitation by applying
effective standards and quality assurance initiatives.
Speaking
earlier, the President of ARSO, who is also the chief executive of the Zimbabwe
Bureau of Standards, Madame Eve Gadzikwa, commended the government and people
of Burkina Faso for hosting the 56th Council meeting and 23rd General Assembly
of the Continental standardization body, with the theme, Celebrating 2017 as
the Year of Quality Infrastructure in Africa; Role of standardization for
Better quality and Better life within a continental free trade Area.
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