{"id":31256,"date":"2021-06-16T18:49:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T17:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/?p=31256"},"modified":"2021-10-07T00:43:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T00:43:07","slug":"students-urge-son-to-investigate-drop-in-quantity-of-goods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/students-urge-son-to-investigate-drop-in-quantity-of-goods\/","title":{"rendered":"Students urge SON to investigate drop in quantity of goods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Progressive Students Movement (PSM), an NGO, has urged Standards Organisation of Nigeria&nbsp; (SON) to investigate the current drop in standard quantity of some manufactured household consumer goods in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The President of PSM, Mr Bestman Okereafor, made the call on Wednesday in Enugu where he described the subtle lowering of quantity of some manufactured household consumer goods as \u201cdisturbing and deceit\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>He said that the worst set of manufactured goods in this category included daily need household items, beverages and others.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>According to him, notwithstanding the gradual higher cost of goods, especially manufactured goods; the quantities of some of the goods have been tampered with by further subtle reduction in quantity within a stretch of time.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cPSM has recently monitored and verified after series of complaints from members of the public the continuous stylish and subtle extortion of Nigerians even when they pay higher prices for goods due to current inflation rate.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cPSM has observed with disappointment the level of reduction of quantity of manufactured goods, especially packaged household consumer goods that have continued to drop in measures in terms of centilitres, grams and tonnes.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cBasic and internationally accepted standards for quantity in tea beverages, soft drinks and others have been tampered with in a subtle way,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The PSM boss also called on SON to stamp its regulatory authority on this ugly development in the best interest of Nigerian masses.<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-31256\" data-postid=\"31256\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-31256 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Progressive Students Movement (PSM), an NGO, has urged Standards Organisation of Nigeria&nbsp; (SON) to investigate the current drop in standard quantity of some manufactured household consumer goods in the country. 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