By Dipo Olowookere
A delegation of the Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria (IPAN) recently paid a courtesy visit to the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON).
The IPAN team was led by the Vice President, Mr Femi Oyediran, who commended the long existing collaboration between the institute and SON in areas of standards elaboration and capacity development.
He advocated for improvement in the relationship and pledged the institute’s commitment to assisting SON achieve its mandate.
Responding, the SON DG, Mr Osita Aboloma, welcomed the IPAN delegation and acknowledged the critical role of its members particularly in quality assurance of products.
Mr Aboloma proposed a joint committee of SON and IPAN to review the existing collaboration with a view to ensuring significant improvement in the overall interest of Nigeria and its people.
According to him, one of the initiatives of government to promote Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and ease of doing business is the synergy between SON and Bank of Industry (BoI) involving recommendation of MSMEs with certified products for consideration by the latter.
