GSA warns Consumers against patronage of Substandard electrical products from the Market

Ghana Standard Authority has held stakeholder’s forum in Tamale aimed at sensitizing the general public against the patronage of inferior electrical products at the Market.

During the meeting, the officials from Ghana Standard Authority noted the influx of substandard electrical products in the market, posing threats to consumers including destruction of properties, warning them against purchasing products not approved by Ghana Standard Authority.

This follows domination of the market by substandard products following a scientific test conducted by the Ghana Standard Authority.

The forum dubbed ‘Electro-Vigillance’ brought Stakeholders in the electronic value chain together including Electronic Dealers, certified electricians, Contactors, students, Security Agencies, and Persons from the academia.

Speaking to the media, the Northern Regional Manager of Ghana Standard Authority, Mr. Basim Alhassan, hinted that GSA in collaboration with Energy Commission will embark on surveillance in the markets to rid off inferior electrical products.

“We are going to have collaboration with Energy Commission, we are going to have a series of surveillance to make sure that we wane off our markets of these substandard electrical cables”.

On his part Ing. Francis Akpaloo, the Senior Scientific Officer at GSA, entreats consumers to patronize electrical products that are labeled by Ghana Standard Authority, insisting that products without labels at the market are either substandard or fake ones.

“The introduction of this label which will be difficult for anybody to attempt to copy, When you have the labels on the products, it is an authentication that the products have gone through various stages of quality test under GSA. But if you are buying and you don’t see this label. The first impression is that product is a substandard one, fake one or it has not gone through the GSA system of verification”.

Story by: Inusah Dondaliya