Abuja, August 13: Nigeria on Wednesday said it will sign an agreement with Chinese government to check the import of fake products from Beijing.
“I am happy to inform you that the agreement had been concluded and will be signed shortly and put into effect in the overall interest of the Nigerian economy and our people,” said Samuel Ortom, chairman of the governing council of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON).
He said that measures will be taken to check importation of sub-standard textile and other products into the country.
Henceforth, Chinese authorities will take full responsibility for the assurance of the quality of all goods they wish to export to Nigeria, he said.
The implementation of the agreement will ensure a substantial reduction in dumping of sub-standards products in Nigeria from any part of the world.
Recently, some pharmaceutical and textile products from China were labelled made in India and this spurred Nigerian and Indian authorities to act in concert against illegal production and labelling of products.
–Agencies