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Monday 11 August 2014

SON destroy Drugs in Ekiti

The Standard Organisation of Nigeria, SON, yesterday destroyed fake and substandard products valued at about N8.5 million in Ekiti State.



The Head of SON in the state, Rilwan Fashina, said the items were seized in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, with the help of local residents who volunteered information.

The products destroyed included fake electric cables, vehicle tyres, expired consumables, detergents, cereals, snacks, vegetable oil and margarine.

Fashina, who supervised the destruction, said SON operatives in the state also confiscated a number of fake gas cylinders from the market.

According to him, the fake gas cylinders which he described as “life danger products” had been taken to SON Lagos Office which has the equipment to destroy such items.

The SON boss said that the organisation was committed to the Federal Government’s transformation agenda, using the instrument of standardisation as yardsticks.

He urged Nigerians – traders and consumers alike – to steer clear of activities capable of putting lives of their families in danger by avoiding products that are too cheap in the open market.

He said that SON characteristically handed over culprits apprehended with adulterated and substandard products to the police for prosecution in addition to destruction of such products.

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