Nigeria joins global pact to standardise measurements

•SON CEO signs CIPM agreement in France
Nigeria has joined the league of nations whose measurement standards are recognised worldwide, after signing the Mutual Recognition Arrangement of the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM MRA) in France.
The feat coincided with the third anniversary in office of the Director General of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Dr Ifeanyi Chukwunonso Okeke, who signed on behalf of the country at the 28th meeting of the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM).
A statement by Mrs Ethan Talatu, Director Corporate Affairs, SON, noted that Nigeria was admitted as an Associate State of the International Bureau of Weigh...