The Standards Organization of Nigeria SON, has advised Nigerians to always reject substandard products and cultivate the culture of reporting defective products to the agency to assist it in tackling the menace of substandard products in the country.

The agency in a statement in Abuja said it is working to ensure improved competitiveness of Nigerian goods at home and abroad by encouraging quality assurance practices.

The agency which warned against the importation of goods without consumer utility, said that its enforcement processes is being strengthened to track offenders.

The Standards Organization of Nigeria SON, is vested with the responsibility of standardizing and regulating the quality of all products in Nigeria, for the strict enforcement of powers of seizure,
confiscation and destruction of sub-standard products.