President, Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria ( ftan), Mr Nkereweum Onung has been elected to chair, the Technical Committee for Tourism TC 76 of African Organisation for Standardisation ( ARSO).
Other Nigerians elected to ARSO positions are Mrs. Chidinma Ewuzie of Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) , Secretary of the Committee, and Dr. Adeoye Adedipe of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, vice chairman, Technical Committee.
The Nigerian team will jointly steer
ARSO TC 76 with UGANDA.
ARSO was formed in 1977, with a focal mandate to harmonise African Standards, prioritise conformity Assessment and Procedures in order to reduce technical barriers to trade, critical to the promotion of Intra -African and International trade , as well as powering the industrialisation of Africa.
There are eighty seven technical committees in ARSO, with 43 African countries as members , making it one of the leading intergovernmental organisations in the continent. It has harmonised 1651 ARS African standards by February, this year, 2023.
Mr Nkereweum onung, a logistics expert, is expected to stimulate, drive and bring innovations to key market developmental issues, desirable to promoting international and Intra African trade, particularly at a time Africa is looking forward to unlock the trade and tourism value chain in the African Continental free trade regime.
