 The Standards Organisation of Nigeria has advised Nigerians against patronage or substandard goods. The Director-General of SON Farooq Stalin gave the advice at a one-day sensitisation programme on activities and mandates of the organisation held in Puthakhet, the river state capital. The Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON believes in sensitisation and capacity building programmes for its workforce for maximum productivity. One of such is this one-day workshop with focus on fighting against the circulation of substandard products. What the chips of substandard products are doing is destroying our industrial base. So we are here to make sure that what people do in this country is done efficiently, fairly and competitively. I want to get it right and ensure that substandard products don't get into the country, all those people who go out to cut corners, to make profit, to sit up and service delivery and quality products for our people will improve. The state coordinator of SON Samuel Ayuba urged Nigerians to always read instructions on any product purchased before use. This meeting is to draw their attention to the matters of quality, where you want to trade on any product and ensure it's a genuine product, certified by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria. Don't go to any importer and help him to sell substandard products. And that is the essence of this meeting. Other participants at the events commanded the SON for such a timely programme which would endanger safety. The problem we have is that Nigerians refuse to patronise those products. We have almost 100% control of the quality of their products. You understand? But they would rather prefer a product that comes in from an unknown place with a very good packaging, where there are no buyers. Those people bringing it would desist. But as long as they know if they bring it in, you will prefer it to what is available in the market. They will find a way. Quality management system is one of the things that have to come back and it's not the first time. Compliance are part of the process. Now the challenges we have in our industry from now is about substandard products. And when you have people manufacturing substandard products, they fail to understand the risk associated with it. The organisation promised to be a reference point in matters of standardisation, quality assurance and services in accordance with national and international rules.