Harboursandports.com: Lagos - FORMER Chairman of International Market Association
(Electronics) Alaba, IMAE, Leonard Okafor has said that most of the fake
products being imported into Nigeria are being shipped in by Chinese.
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| Director-General of SON, Osita Aboloma |
Okafor was speaking at an awareness programme on “Zero
Tolerance To Sub-standard Products” organized by the IMAE in conjunction with Standard
Organization of Nigeria, SON.
The former IMAE Chairman said that these Chinese have
several shiploads of sub-standard products that have been abandoned by other
countries on the high sea awaiting opportunity berth in the nation’s ports.
He also blamed SON for the continuous faking of
products in the country, noting that the idea of SONCAP was initiated by IMAE
under his leadership.
He explained that the intention was to have SON carry
out testing of products locally, starting with the most relevant once until
they acquire that capacity for testing all goods.
According to him, “Most of us have graduated trying to
do our best in product branding. The greatest problem now we are facing is
Chinese people they have taken us out of this market.
“What we are thinking of is the Alaba people, you are
talking to government. Look at all the warehouses around this Alaba, it is
owned by Chinese people. What is rejected in other countries, they will just
move 10 containers, 20 containers down here,” he noted.
He however assured that it is possible to reduce
sub-standard products in the country by 70 per cent in a year if things are
done in a right way.
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