Forgo Battery Company Limited's Business Meeting with Stakeholders (Feb., 2020)

Cross- section of Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) staff led by the Kwara State Co-ordinator Mrs. Esther Okon (in glasses) at Forgo Battery Company Limited 2020 Business Meeting with major stakeholders (regulators, distributors and partners) held on 3rd February 2020 at Royalton Palace Hotel G.R.A, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

MD Forgo Battery Company Limited, Mr Joseph Offorjama, gave his opening remarks by welcoming participants to the Business Meeting. He took us down the memory lane narrating to the gathering how Forgo Battery Company Limited came into existence, the passion he had for battery manufacturing, the challenges the Company has faced over the years and the need for government agencies like the Standards Organization of Nigeria to live up to her responsibility in ensuring that the Battery sector in Nigeria is sanitised of sub-standard products. The MD in his analysis said a lot of battery assemblers/manufacturers were forced to shut down due to influx of sub-standard battery products, government policies and a host of other issues that militated against the sector. He solicited the support of SON in the fight against sub-standard products and creating awareness on the need to patronise quality products that have been certified by SON. In other words, he implored SON to promote those products certified by them to be of good quality on their website, so that Nigerians can have good quality products and be saved from purchasing bad products.

The state Coordinator of SON, Mrs Esther Okon, delivering her speech. She gave an insight into the work of SON. She said SON is at the forefront in the fight against sub-standard products in the country, ensuring that both locally manufactured and imported products are of good standard for the benefit of Nigerians. She eulogised Forgo Battery Company Limited for keeping up the standard in automotive battery sector in the country. Forgo Battery, according to her, has over the years been keeping up to its good quality which has been further proven through the MANCAP program of the Organisation. She said Forgo Battery brands have been certified to be of a good quality with MANCAP certifications and that Forgo Battery brands have always meet up whenever they are tested in their laboratory. She commended the foresight of the Managing Director of Forgo Battery Company Limited, Mr. Joseph Offorjama, in ensuring that the quality churned out of our factory continues to meet up the required standard.

The MD and his beloved wife in a group photograph with some members of staff at the Business Meeting.

The MD and his wife in a group photograph with some of our distributors at the Business Meeting.

The MD and the Kwara State Co-ordinator of SON.