SON shuts 13 steel COYS over standards infraction

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria National Steel Task Force has sealed 13 steel factories across the Nation for Standards infractions.

According to the Chairman of the SON Task Force on Steel, Engr. Enebi Onucheyo, the companies located in Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Abia and Edo States were shut until further notice following a Nationwide market surveillance carried out by the SON Task Force between November 2019 and January 2020.

Enebi stated that given the SON classification of Steel Bars as life-endangering products, the Nigeria Industrial Standards provides for unique identification marks for every locally manufactured or imported steel bars for easy traceability.

According to him, Laboratory Tests and Analysis carried out on the samples revealed that most of them failed to meet the minimum requirements for ′diameter′ and ′mass per meter′ as provided in the Nigeria Industrial Standard (NIS 117:2004).

He stressed that the exercise would be a continuous one in furtherance of the SON commitment to protect Nigerian Consumers from the dangers associated with substandard and life-endangering products in view of the incessant collapse of buildings and structures across the country.