By Tyavzua Saanyol
The Federal Government has asked the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and other regulators in standards in Nigeria to optimise the application of international standards in curbing infrastructure disasters like building collapse and fire outbreak in the country.
Speaking in Abuja at the World Standard Day, the Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Aisha Abubakar stated that issues of flooding, fire outbreak and other disasters will drastically reduce if regulatory bodies in standards in the country imbibe the application of the international standards in the development of infrastructure in Nigeria.
According to her, “the vexed issues of building collapses, fire disasters, flooding, improper waste management and the like would be adequately dealt with if the various professional groups and associations, working with the Standards Organisation of Nigeria and other regulators in standards issues close ranks to optimise the application of international standards.”
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