The Federal Government is set to hire more than 2,000 inspectors who will be responsible for implementing accurate weights and measures in transactions across different sectors of the economy.
Consultant to the Weights and Measures Department of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Yagbagi Sani, said this at a press briefing in Abuja on Friday.
Sani, who is the Chairman, Nigerco Nigeria Limited, said the inspectors would implement government’s agenda in ensuring that appropriate measures were implemented in all transactions cutting across different sectors, including telecommunications, oil and gas, trade and agriculture.
He said, “Over 2,000 young inspectors are in the process of being employed by NNL, and the first batch of private companies will work for the Department of Weights and Measures as independent service providers – providing calibration, testing and verification services to cover millions of weighing and measuring devices.
“Trade transactions have measurement inaccuracies, which can vary from less than one per cent to 20 per cent where there is an inadequate metrology system. In a developing economy like Nigeria, the loss to both the government and the public due to measurement transaction inaccuracies is about 15 per cent of the GDP or N2.83tn per annum.”
…to hire inspectors to detect false measures
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