The Director General of Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Dr. Ifeanyi Chukwunonso Okeke, has introduced that Nigeria measurement requirements at the moment are recognised worldwide after the signing the Mutual Recognition Arrangement of the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM MRA) in France.
Okeke, signed the CIPM MRA on behalf of Nigeria on the twenty eighth assembly of the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM).
According to him, the CIPM MRA is the framework by means of which nationwide metrology institutes show that their measurement requirements are equal and earn international recognition for his or her calibration and measurement certificates.
He mentioned: “Its main outputs, internationally recognised calibration and measurement capabilities, are published in the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) key comparison database.”
Okeke mentioned the association would deliver worldwide recognition of Nigeria’s measurement capabilities, international acceptance of its calibration certificates and simpler commerce throughout borders.
He famous the worldwide recognition would reduce Nigeria’s dependence on international metrology companies, strengthen SON’s technical authority, and open doorways to worldwide scientific collaboration and capability constructing.
Okeke assured that as a full member state of the BIPM, Nigeria has joined Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, South Africa and Tunisia as Africa’s solely full members.
The milestone builds on the accreditation of three National Metrology Institute laboratories, overlaying mass, temperature and stress, to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 by means of the Egyptian Accreditation Council.
The Director, Corporate Affairs, SON, Mrs. Ethan Talatu, disclosed that Nigeria gained admission as an affiliate state of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) on June 4, 2026.
Okeke’s management of SON up to now three years have been marked by a drive to take the organisation’sservices on-line.
The company launched the Digital Standards Platform, e-MANCAP and the Electronic Product Registration System, and moved SONCAP and Import Permit processes to the National Single Window.
The reforms earned SON second place amongst federal ministries, departments and businesses within the 2024 PEBEC Transparency and Efficiency Report.
For producers and small companies, internationally accepted certificates imply their merchandise might be examined at dwelling and trusted overseas, with out the price of international laboratories.
SON has additionally licensed 131 firms and 220 merchandise below the African Quality Mark, giving native producers a passport to markets throughout the continent below the African Continental Free Trade Area.
In addition, the company launched the Nigerian National Standardization Strategy (2024–2027) and secured approval for 217 Nigerian Industrial Standards.
It has additionally developed greater than 80 requirements for Compressed Natural Gas, in assist of the nation’s gas-to-transport drive.
Dike Onwuamaeze
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