“We are all aware that the objective of this workshop is to make available in the Member States, expertise on ISO IEC 17020 standard on the accreditation of inspection bodies in the region through. Training of candidate evaluators of ECORAS accreditation bodies; Capacity building of resource persons from national structures in the field of medicines control, within the framework of quality technical assistance provided by the WAQSP to the West African Organization for Health (WAHO); And information and sensitization of national accreditation focal points.”, said Mr. Francis Alaneme, Representative of the ministry of industry of Nigeria during the opening ceremony of the Training workshop on the ISO IEC 17020 in Abuja from 11 – 13 July, 2018