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๐Ÿš€ย ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ก๐—”๐—ฆ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—™๐—ฅ๐—”๐—– ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐— ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—– ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—”๐—™

We are proud to announce that NiNAS has achieved ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ (๐— ๐—ฅ๐—”) ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜€ with African Accreditation Cooperation AFRAC, and by extension, the International Laboratory Accreditation Co-operation (ILAC) & the International Accreditation Forum Inc (IAF) ๐— ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ (๐— ๐—Ÿ๐—”) across ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ซ key accreditation standards, including:
๐Ÿ”น ISO/IEC 17025 (Testing)
๐Ÿ”น ISO/IEC 17025 Calibration)
๐Ÿ”น ISO/IEC 17020 (Inspection)
๐Ÿ”น ISO/IEC 17021 (Management Systems Certification)
๐Ÿ”น ISO/IEC 17024 (Persons Certification)
๐Ÿ”น ISO 15189 (Medical Laboratories)
Although projected to take 15โ€“20 years, this was achieved in just ๐Ÿณ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ under the leadership of Dr. Celestine Okanya
The remarkable achievement was announced at the 16th AFRAC General Assembly that took place from the 24-26th September, 2025 in Uganda following a decision agreed upon by stakeholders after a successful peer evaluation.
๐ŸŒ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ:
โœ… Seamless global trade โ€“ reduced duplicate testing/certification
โœ… Reduced technical barriers โ€“ easier international market access and export of Nigerian goods & services.
โœ… Stronger competitiveness โ€“ trust in Nigerian products & services attracts global commerce
โœ…Projected economic benefit โ€“ โ‚ฆ200+ billion from enhanced trade.
We sincerely appreciate the invaluable support of the National Quality Council (NQC), Presidency โ€“ Government of Nigeria; STANDARDS ORGANISATION OF NIGERIA (SON); Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (UK) through the Standards Partnership Project; PTB of Germany; European Union (EU); UNIDO; The World Bank Group; JDSC, IAF/ILAC; Ethiopia Accreditation Service (EAS); African Accreditation Cooperation (AFRAC) members; South African National Accreditation System (SANAS); our many consultants (Stephen Cross and others); NiNAS Board of Directors, Staff, Assessors, and members of the Accreditation Technical and Advisory Committees, whose contributions made this milestone possible.
This is more than an institutional win, itโ€™s a national turning point for quality, trade and export.
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