May 22, 2015 : Anna Okon 0 Comments
Director-General, Standard Organisation of Nigeria, Dr. Joseph Odumodu
African
economies could be robust if the countries on the continent constitute a
powerful and vital force to fight economic saboteurs, according to a
statement credited to the President of African Organisation for
Standardisation, Dr. Joseph Odumodu.
A statement from the organisation noted
that at a world press conference organised by ARSO, Odumodu argued that
if Africans could trade with one another, the common enemies of the
continent like counterfeiters and purveyors of substandard products
across the continent would be defeated.
The
statement quoted Odumodu as saying that the ARSO President’s forum for
Chief Executive Officers of National Standards Bodies scheduled to take
place next month, was meant to sensitise the world to the readiness of
African standards agencies to strengthen the continental integration by
breaking inhibiting economic barriers and enhancing industrial and
economic empowerment.
Odumodu stated that over 80 per cent of
substandard products circulating in Africa come from outside the
continent, a situation which he described as quite worrisome.
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