ARSO TC 76 ELECTION: FTAN PRESIDENT NKEREWEUM ONUNG, TWO OTHERS, ELECTED TO CO-CHAIR, TECH Committee with UGANDA

President of the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria ( FTAN), Mr. Nkereuwem Onung has been elected to chair, of the Technical Committee for Tourism TC 76 of the African Organisation for Standardization ( 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 harmonize African Standards and prioritize 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 industrialization of Africa.

 

There are eighty -seven technical committees in ARSO, with 43 African countries as members, making it one of the leading inter-governmental organizations in the continent. It has harmonized 1651 ARS African standards by February, this year, 2023.

 

Mr. Nkereuwem 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 unlocking the trade and tourism value chain in African Continental free trade regime.