China has blamed Nigerian businessmen for the fake and sub-standard products coming into Nigeria from China.

Consul-General of China in Lagos, Mr. Guo Kun, made the allegation at an interactive session between the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) and a delegation of Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) held at NIIA, yesterday in Lagos.

Mr. Kun said some Nigerian entrepreneurs compel some Chinese companies to produce sub-standard goods and Chinese companies consent because they do not want to lose good business.

"It is a real problem for a product that is say 10 dollars (about N1500) of standard quality, some of the [Nigerian] entrepreneurs went to China, and asked the host to make it thinner and cheaper. At the very beginning, some of the [Chinese] companies were very reluctant to produce for them. But later, you know they are entrepreneurs, they want to make money. These host factories don’t want to make for them, to produce for them. Finally they [Nigerian entrepreneurs] went to many factories, at least they can find one or two factories to make for them sub-standard goods and they bring it back [ to Nigeria]," he said.
When asked what Chinese government is doing to stop the production of sub-standard goods in China.

Mr Gun said: "We have regulations. We also educate Chinese entrepreneurs. As I am a government official, I also talk with Chinese in the so-called China Village and with those in Balogun market, ‘don’t bring these to the Nigerian market".

He promised that the Chinese government will strengthen its products quality control system in order to stop the production of sub-standard goods in China.

Earlier in his address, the leader of CPAFFC delegation, Mr Feng Zuoku, who spoke through an interpreter, said the visit is to strengthen bilateral relationship with Nigeria given the strategic positions both countries occupy in their respective continents and in the world as well.

Mr. Zuoku said future co operations between the two nations are very broad since their respective leadership have continued to share similar positions on global issues and have shown increasing commitment to work together.

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no wonder that tylenol tasted chalky
never mind it still worked just kidding

If you have that blue small tiger generator aka 'i better pass my neighbour' you will know the trauma one goes through using these low sub-standard products. You must be forced to know how to repair it because the gen can barely work for 2 weeks. The materials are so weak and frangile.

the consul-general is rite about Nigeria bussinessmen compeling the chinese companies to produce sub-standard products, i know a man in Oregun that went to China with a can of power horse engery drink with Liquid content in it to China and told dem to produce the sub-standard Power horse engergy drink for him, which they did and he shipped it back to Nigeria,
so those of y'all dat consume power horse, red wines,red labels,hennessy,Alomo bitters pls stop it ooo your star,harp,gulder,33 are better than all of those things o

the only thing that is original in dis country is we the humans that live on the Land called Nigeria

idifu:

the consul-general is rite about Nigeria bussinessmen compeling the chinese companies to produce sub-standard products, i know a man in Oregun that went to China with a can of power horse engery drink with Liquid content in it to China and told dem to produce the sub-standard Power horse engergy drink for him, which they did and he shipped it back to Nigeria,
so those of y'all dat consume power horse, red wines,red labels,hennessy,Alomo bitters pls stop it ooo your star,harp,gulder,33 are better than all of those things o

Is the Nigerian govt not supposed to do something about these threats. I take these drinks you mentioned, apart from alomo bitter!
i dont know how to really be sure they are original ,though i normally buy from good supermarkets.
its so difficult to differentiate real from fake these dayz

Lemme guess, the Nigerian Businessmen are Ibo men!!! Freakn Ibo dudes will kiss the devil for money!!!

evil666 even the supermarkets be it shop rite or whateva are no exception it is hard to know original hennessy,red labels,power horse,don simmon e.t.c
I know what the original Don simmon,hennessy,power horse,squadron,chelsea taste like the entire country is filled with fake products, even the coke's,fanta's,sprites in plastic bottles that u normally buy from Hawkers are no exception, fake menstrual pads,fake paracetamols the list is endless

The bussiness man is from Ijebu-igbo he is a yoruba man and not an Igbo man ,it is not just the Igbo's alone that are in this illicit trade it cuts across the entire nation, even Folawiyo(Baba Adini) was said to have imported expired milks years back