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NIGERIAN ELECTRICITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES, NEMSA MOVES TO ALIGN HER SERVICES TO INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES THROUGH ACCREDITATION

Nigeria National Accreditation System (NiNAS) is established to provide accreditation for Conformity Assessment Bodies as an authoritative body with traceability to the international standards.


The Federal Executive Council, FEC recently approved the Nigeria National Quality Policy. Among other requirements of this policy, Conformity Assessment bodies are required to achieve accreditation in relevant standards related to their services, processes and operations.


Nigerian Electricity Management Services management as part of their commitment to quality services to her customers and electricity consumers, decided to seek accreditation to relevant standards related to the legal mandate. 


In other to provide a solid framework for NEMSA and NiNAS relationships towards achieving above goals, both organizations entered into an Memorandum of Understanding, MOU today, March 23, 2021. The MOU is focused on, among other issues, training and Accreditation services.


This MOU is quite remarkable and unique because NiNAS through trainings and services will provide the needed support and facilitate processes that will enhance institutional systems improvement, compliance to international best practices, and global recognition that will ensure the efficient production, delivery of safe, reliable and sustainable electricity power supply and guarantee safety of lives and property in Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry.

The ultimate goal is to accredit NEMSA in four standards namely ISO 17025, ISO 17020, ISO 17024, and ISO 17065. NEMSA is making a history for being the first Agency of the Nigerian Government to submit all her processes to international accreditation, in furtherance of the requirements of the new government policy.

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National Quality Infrastructure Graduate Fellowship Program

Nigerian National Accreditation System (NiNAS) commenced it’s National Quality Infrastructure Graduate Fellowship Program (NQI-GF) to reduce the manpower gap in the NQI system. NiNAS recognizes the huge business value qualified young professionals can bring to Nigerian business sector and need to grow future leaders for the QI Systems. Nigeria needs a workforce with new skills to manage innovations and developing technical change and technical support to agencies of standards, metrology, accreditation, and conformity assessment that is not readily available from the academic institutions.

Speakers were: International Expert on National Quality Policy and Quality Infrastructure – Mr. Mike Peet, the DG of NiNAS – Mr. Celestine Okanya, National Expert on Food Safety Mr. John Tehinse, Ben Hedley – Senior Programme Manager, Commonwealth Standards Network (CSN) and Peter Mason – Chair, OIML CEEMS Advisory Group.

The Fellowship program exposes the participants in the followings areas of Quality Infrastructure:

  • Introduction to Nigerian Quality Infrastructure
  • Standards: Standard Development process, Harmonization, Applications of the Standards, Standards and Trade, and many more
  • Accreditation, Accreditation and accreditation process, Standards and conformity Assessment in relation to accreditation, Interplay between standards, conformity assessment and accreditation. Assessment, Assessor Trainings and Peer Evaluation
  • Metrology, Calibration, Traceability of Calibration certificates and the value of Metrology in trading of goods and services.
  • Conformity Assessment, Globalization, Technical knowledge and skills and business system

National Quality Infrastructure Graduate Fellowship Program is designed and developed by Nigeria National Accreditation System and funded by United Kingdom Global Trade Program through the Foreign Commonwealth Development Office and Implemented by British Standards Institute BSI and Nigeria National Accreditation System, NiNAS.

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COURTESY VISIT OF DG/CEO OF NiNAS TO FEDERAL ROAD SAFETY CORP NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS ABUJA ON THURSDAY 11TH MARCH 2021

The purpose of the visit was to deliberate on how FRSC team capacity can be built to implement the ISO 39001. This standard is the road traffic safety management system which is a requirement for management standard to help safety organizations, institutions and agencies to reduce accidents. We believe that this collaboration/partnership will help both organizations in working together to serve Nigeria better.

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NINAS HOLDS A TALK WITH UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS

Following the interest shown by the university of Lagos on hosting the National Quality Infrastructure Graduate Fellowship Program in university of Lagos business school , a meeting was held at the central research lab of university of Lagos .

NiNAS was represented by the DG/CEO of NiNAS and Okolo Rosemary with the office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Professor O.B Familora and the leadership of the university of Lagos of business school, held by Professor Abraham Osinubi, Professor Aclefarokom O.S and Professor Wellington. The meeting is a continuation of the discussion leading to the commencement of National Quality Infrastructure Graduate Fellowship Program at the university of Lagos business school . One of the of the key aims of the meeting is to develop a Memorandum of Understanding amongst the parties. The fellowship program is designed to produce human capital, needed to drive the recently approved National Quality Policy (NQP).