World New Cement standard: Court orders Aganga, SON to appear June 10 by Joseph Anthony June 5, 2014 written by Joseph Anthony June 5, 2014 135 views 135 The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, summoned the Minister of Trade and Investment, Mr. Segun Aganga and the Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON, to appear on June 10 to show cause why they should not be restrained from enforcing a new cement standard in the country. The summon followed an ex-parte application filed before the court by Lafarge WAPCO Cement. Justice Ahmed Mohammed gave the order after he declined to grant the ex-parte application the plaintiff filed through its lawyer, Professor Taiwo Osipitan, SAN, on May 28. Osipitan had, while moving the application, yesterday, prayed the court to restrain the defendants from enforcing the new cement standard. It was the argument of the plaintiff that the defendants had no power to force it to manufacture according to the new standard which it said was illegally introduced without any regard to due process of the law. Osipitan insisted that the licence his client obtained for manufacturing of the former All Purpose 32.5 cement still had up till August 2016 before expiration. According to him, “There was no notice from SON to vary standard. All we had was a letter written on behalf of the Director-General (of SON) that they had set up a technical committee, and the next thing we heard was an advertisement. “The Larfarge WAPCO cement had been in use for 50 years. We still have till 2016, two years and two months, to continue to produce what we have been licensed to produce”, he added. Consequently, he urged the court to stop the two defendants from enforcing the provisions of sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the SON Act. 0 comments 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Joseph Anthony previous post Jonathan presents N322bn NDDC budget proposal to Senate next post APC calls for Mbu’s dismissal over #Bringbackourgirls saga You may also like U.S. Cardinal Robert Prevost Elected as Pope Leo... May 8, 2025 Pope Francis Laid to Rest as World Leaders,... April 26, 2025 Thousands Pay Final Respects to Pope Francis Ahead... April 26, 2025 Trump Envoy Meets Putin in Moscow as Ukraine... April 26, 2025 Global Leaders Join Mourners at Pope Francis’s Historic... April 26, 2025 Notice of change of name March 29, 2025 Trump Announces 25% Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum... February 10, 2025 ICC Issues Arrest Warrant for Released Libyan Police... January 22, 2025 Trump Urges Putin for Immediate Ukraine Deal, Threatens... January 22, 2025 Russia Takes Control of Vuhledar After Two Years... October 2, 2024 Leave a Comment Cancel Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Type in the text displayed above
