SON and Hand Sanitizer
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has stated that it has concluded plans to extend its technical support service towards the massive production of alcohol-based hand sanitizers in the Federal Capital Territory.
The Organization revealed this when a team of inspectors from the FCT Operations Office led by Ganiyat Oyapidan and accompanied by Sunday Igbabo conducted the inspection as part of SON’s quality assurance procedure to ensure that locally manufactured essential products required in containing the spread of the coronavirus conform to the requirements of relevant standards.
Managing Director of Ivvyjustin innovations who Received the SON Technical Team, Obire Ogonnaya stated that the company offers services in the production of hygienic products, industrial cleaning, pest control and fumigation, waste management and supply of water purification plants.
According to her, the inclusion of hand sanitizers to its available range of cleaning products was in response to the breakout of the coronavirus pandemic in the belief that most ailments, epidemics and diseases can be wiped out by observing proper hygienic practices.
The Managing Director commended the organisation’s efforts in helping to
curtail the spread of the coronavirus through the prompt provision of relevant standards and other quality assurance procedures.
She further stressed that the company’s willingness to ensure that its products continually conform to the requirements of relevant standards which informed the submission of samples to SON through the Presidential COVID-19 Emergency Operation Centre in the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment (FMITI) for assessment.
According to her, many non-governmental organisations have commissioned the company to produce the sanitizers for their use and distribution to the public.
The SON inspection team went round the factory from raw materials storage, water purification, through the production section to the packaging and the finished product storage sections where the production personnel explained in details the process, in-process quality checks and the finished products’ inspection usually carried out.