Industry, Trade and Investment Minister, Dr. Okechukwu Enelama, has commended the efforts of the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Industrial Organisation (UNIDO) in the promotion of quality assurance and standard of infrastructure, as well as products in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) through financing and capacity-building.

Enelama gave the commendation in Abuja at the flag-off of a capacity-building workshop for candidate assessors of the accreditation system (ECORAS) on ISO/’IEC 17020 Standard, organised by UNIDO for accreditation assessors drawn from the ECOWAS sub-region.

Represented by Dr. Francis Alaneme, a staff of the ministry, Enelama said:’ “ I like to seize this opportunity to encourage the ECOWAS Commission, the member states of the region and all their technical and financial partners, to continue to participate fully in the development of accreditation process, the only guarantee of an efficient, sustainable and wealth – creating conformity assessment system in the region.
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