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By Chinedu Gabriel
ENUGU-STANDARD Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has stressed the importance of functional metrology institute which the organisation said is vital for economic diversification needed to improve the nation’s economy.
The Director-General of SON, Mr Osita Aboloma, made this known during the 2017 World Metrology Day celebration in Enugu.
The event with the theme: “Measurements for Transport’’ was organised by the Weights and Measures Department of Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment in conjunction with the Standard Organisation of Nigeria
Aboloma, who was represented by a Director in the agency, Mrs Oluremi Ayeni, said that functional metrology would support all the accreditation of all products especially export destined goods and services.
“At present, metrology is still one of the fundamental factors enabling a successful modern and economic viable as well as prosperous society.
“Since all we do must depend on it in order to check disagreement in businesses, human activities as well as standard of life in general”.
Highligjting on the theme, Aboloma said that every type of transport – from bicycle to ship, from car to spacecraft – each is required to meet appropriate standards as the basis for domestic and international regulation.
He noted that such policies can specify essentials for every aspect of performance like safety, economy and emissions.
“As demands for accessible and efficient transport increase, so also for measurements and standards to underpin them.
“Ultimately, some of the demands are met by new technologies like driverless cars and zero-emission vehicles – consecutively generating new measurement challenges”.
Delivering a lecture on “Measurements for Transport’’, the Director of National Metrology Institute (NMI), Enugu, Mr Obiora Manafa, said that transport remained a vital determinant in business as well as production.
Manafa stressed on measurement in road, water, air, railway and pipeline modes of transportation.
“Both the Holy Bible and Koran said that God is concerned about appropriate weights and measures.
“The Holy Books want people to applying appropriate weights and measures to avoid misunderstanding as well as cheat in business or human affairs,’’ he said.
The director said that NMI complex coming up later this year would ensure that Nigerians products meet all standard; while the issue of reject of any product from the country would be a thing of the past.
In a speech, a representative of the Weights and Measures Department of Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr Okechukwu Ejiofor, advised Nigerians to seek standard measures in all their doing in order to establish integrity for their product or service.
Ejiofor, however, urged for the re-introduction of road weighting bridges to bring revenue for the Federal Government meant to fix or repair the roads at intervals.
Highlights of the event were the inspection of the ongoing construction at the National Metrology Institute (NMI) being facilitated by the Federal Government with support funding from UNIDO and the European Union.
The World Metrology Day is an annual celebration since the Meter Convention was signed by countries.
