SON Reviews Standards to Revive Ailing Paper Industry

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Osita Aboloma

Jonathan Eze

Worried about the moribund state of paper industry in the country, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and relevant stakeholders have reviewed standards to revive the sector.

Indeed, the regulatory body has harped on the need for the country’s paper industry to be abreast of global technology and standards in order to be competitive with similar businesses across the world.

The Director General, SON, Osita Aboloma, at a technical committee meeting for standards consideration of pulp and paper, explained that the meeting was to ratify the requirement of standards that a group of experts have already worked upon, stating the need to review standards for these products, because they pose danger to science, manufacturers and by extension the Nigerian economy.

“We need standards to guide some technical issues…



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