Nestle Nigeria redesigns logo of water product
Businessam Staff
January 31, 2019
Table water manufacturer, Nestle Nigeria Plc, has unvieled its redesigned logo for its product, Nestle Pure Life, as it strives towards ensuring a healthy environment for Nigerians.The redesigned logo was revealed to the public at the company’s factory in Abaji, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, on Wednesday with the company’s distributors, among others, in attendance.Victoria […]
Novartis keeps promise, eyes new method for funding ultrapricey next-gen drugs
Businessam StaffDecember 18, 2018
Novartis is weighing an insurance method often associated with natural disasters to help win coverage for its pricey next-generation cell and gene therapies. Reinsurance—which puts a third-party insurer on the hook for catastrophic events—would underwrite a different sort of disaster, Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan told the Financial Times. Under such a setup, that reinsurer would cover “the […]
AfCFTA: LCCI pushes protection of industrial base
Businessam StaffJune 4, 2018
By Nduka Uzuakpundu For the policy-makers at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), the informed beginning of wisdom – with effect from the second decade, of the 21st Century is, clearly, a measured form of a protectionist tendency for Nigeria’s industrial base. This is with special reference to the African Continental Free Trade […]
Nigeria’s standards agency mops up substandard lubricants
Ajose SehindemiApril 26, 2018
Nigeria’s standards watchdog, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), in its quest to stamp out adulterated products in the country has begun a nationwide mop up of substandard lubricants form the market. Osita Aboloma, director general, SON, at an enforcement exercise across different markets and warehouses in Lagos, Nigeria in search of adulterated and uncertified […]
Nigerian govt. urged to set up anti-smuggling task force to save textile industry
Ajose SehindemiApril 25, 2018
Manufacturers under the auspices of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) have urged the Federal Government to set up, as a matter of urgency, an anti-smuggling task force, which they believe could rejuvenate the dying textile industry. They alleged that smuggling through the over 1000 porous entry points into the country is the main reason […]
Nigeria’s standards agency steps up surveillance with 16-man unit to strengthen data gathering
Ajose SehindemiApril 11, 2018
The Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) has inaugurated a 16-man Surveillance, Investigation and Monitoring (SIM) unit targeted at strengthening its data gathering capacity and bridging information gaps in its operations. The team in concert with the federal operations unit, the Nigerians Customs Service (NCS) and other security agencies on intelligence gathering and sharing will undertake […]
Nigeria’s standards agency, SON, pledges protection for manufacturers against substandard products
Ajose SehindemiJanuary 31, 2018
Nigeria’s standards agency, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), has pledged its 100 per cent commitment towards protecting local manufacturers and industries against the influx of substandard goods into the country. Osita Aboloma, the director general of SON, said the agency would continue to be proactive in its quest to rid Nigeria of substandard products, which he said […]
Nigeria’s standards agency, SON, impresses federal legislators over budget application
Ajose SehindemiJanuary 19, 2018
The Nigerian House of Representatives committee on industry has scored the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) high on effective implementation of budgetary provisions on its near completed laboratory complex at Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos. Abubakar Moriki, the committee chairman, who led an eight-man delegation to the facility, credited Osita Aboloma, SON’s director general, for attaining 95 […]
Lagos state gov calls on manufacturers to consolidate Nigeria’s economy growth
Businessam StaffSeptember 18, 2017
Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos State Governor while applauding the contribution of the manufacturing sector to the transition of the country’s economy out of recession, urged the Association to use the development to ensure a steady and sustainable growth of all other sectors. Ambode, represented by the Commissioner for Commerce, Industry, and Cooperatives, Prince Rotimi Ogunleye, gave […]
Manufacturers advocate sectoral collaboration on waste management
Businessam StaffAugust 22, 2017
The Food & Beverage Recycling Alliance (FBRA) has called for sector specific platforms to drive the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policy on waste management. Clem Ugorji, the Director, Public Affairs and Communication, Coca-Cola West Africa, made the call in a statement to newsmen in Lagos Tuesday. The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a policy approach […]