The Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment has taken its stakeholders’ engagement on review of weight and measures to North East states for critical inputs on the new legislation. The Weight and Measure Department of the ministry, in a meeting with stakeholders from the North East states in Bauchi, yesterday, said it was pertinent […]
Fuel under-dispensing: Weights and Measures Department nabs 10 Jos Filling Stations
The Department of Weights and Measures in the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and investment, says it has nabbed 10 filling stations under-dispensing fuel in Plateau and parts of Nasarawa. Mrs Cordelia Nwachukwu, the Chief Legal Metrology Officer of the department, who led the team of inspectors, disclosed this on Thursday shortly after inspecting some […]
FG To Save N474b Through Weights And Measures Department
The minister of Trade and Investment Mr. Olusegun Aganga, yesterday disclosed that through the implementation of the new policy on Weights and Measures the Federal Government would save about N474billion ($3billion). Aganga said now that the President has sent approval for the Weights and Measures Department, Nigerians will start enjoying value for their for products […]
FG Moves to Ensure Accurate Measurement of Luggage at MMIA
The exercise was undertaken by the Weights and Measures Department of the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment (FMITI) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. Speaking after the exercise, Mr Hassan Ejibunu, Director, Weights and Measures Department, FMITI, said the exercise was in response to public complaints of alleged manipulation of weighing […]
Weights And Measures Catalyst For National Economic Recovery – Official
Mr Abubakar Dangaladima, Director, Weights and Measures Department (WMD), says the department has adopted proactive modalities to promote effective utilisation of legal metrology in trade to fast track revival of the national economy in post-COVID-19 era. Dangaladima made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of a […]
Trade Minister Inaugurates Committee on Review Of Weights And Measures Act
The Minister of Industry Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo has inaugurated a 10-member committee to review the Weights Inaugurating the committee in Abuja, Adebayo said that the need to meet global trends in weights and measures administration with its attendant consequences on Nigeria’s economy necessitated the ministry to review the extant law. He said […]