Standards Organization of Nigeria threatens to shut down all steel rolling mills

Nigeria threatens to shut down all steel rolling mills.

Daily Champion reported that, disturbed by reported cases of building collapse in the country, the Standards Organization of Nigeria has threatened to shut down all steel rolling mills in the country, especially in Ogun state, if they fail to comply with the Nigerian Industrial Standards on steel bars for reinforcement of concretes. Handing down the warning in a meeting with steel manufacturing companies in Ota, Dr John Ndanusa Akanya director general of SON expressed displeasure at the level of tricks applied by some manufacturers to circumvent the law and maximize profit to the detriment of lives and property.

He warned that such ugly trend would no longer be tolerated by his organization, saying such act was dangerous for lives and property of end users of the product. He added that "This sends wrong impression on the minds of some Nigerians about the effectiveness of government regulatory agencies in combating fake and substandard goods in the country."