Last week, Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN), and the Lagos state government, came together, to put in place a Standardisation conference for Tourism and related services industries.
The event which turned out to be a much awaited one, saw stakeholders besieged the Eko Hotel venue, in large number. The theme being: Implementing international Standardisation best practices in the hospitality industry.
Chidinma Ewuzie, who spoke for Dr. Ifeanyi Okeke, the Director-General of Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), took the bull by the horns. She did not mince her words, and her countenance as well as body language, revealed that standardisation is here to stay.
“We are working to implement international best practices in the tourism and related services industries,” said Chidinma, “We are not dragging standardization with any agency since by international trade rules, you can have just one national standards body in a country, which is SON.