Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON)
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Tuesday destroyed expired and substandard products worth N2 million in Niger toward safeguarding the public health. x
Hajiya Hauwa Nuhu, State Coordinator, SON, disclosed this during the exercise in Maikunkele, near Minna.
“The products before you have been marked for destruction because after we carried out our laboratory tests, we found out that they were expired or substandard.
“The goods are estimated at N2 million going by their current market value,” she said.
Nuhu stated that the products were not safe for consumption or use, depending on the item.
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By Tordue Salem
The Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC), yesterday, disclosed that 32 Ministerial Departments and Agencies (MDAs), including the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Bank of Industry (BoI) and Bank of Agriculture (BoA) are owing the federal government over N1.2 trillion in revenues they generated but failed to remit to the federation account as required by law since 2016.
The agency’s Executive Chairman, Barr. Victor Muruako, made the disclosure during a press briefing at the National Assembly (NASS).
He stated: “Sadly, many MDAs still persist in defaulting and practically keeping money away from the federal government’s reach for funding its budgets. Our records indicate that over N1.2 trillion is still in the hands of defaulting MDAs.
He said the commission had already designed a template and would liaise with all relevant agencies to deduct from the source, from defaulting agencies which would be enabled by the Treasury Single Account.
He listed the defaulting agencies as the Administrative Staff of College of Nigeria, the Bank of Agriculture, the Bank of Industry, the Cement Technology Institute of Nigeria, the Centre for Black African Arts and Civilization, the Chad Basin National Park, the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, the Gashaka Gumti National Park, the Gurara Water Management Authority, the Hadejia-Jama’are River the Basin Development Authority, the Integrated Water Resources Development Agency, the Kainji Lake National Park, the National Broadcasting Commission.
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Published 19 May 2021
The Fiscal Responsibility Commission has said ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government are withholding about N1.2trn.
The commission said this is according to audit reports of some MDAs and unaudited accounts of others.
The FRC also said MDAs have remitted operating surpluses of about N2.15tn since inception.
The commission, however, listed 32 MDAs that have yet to present their audit reports to it since since 2007 when it was established.
The Executive Chairman, Fiscal Responsibility Commission, Mr Victor Muruako, stated this at a press conference held at the National Assembly in Abuja on Wednesday.