The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says Chinese counterfeiters are now establishing manufacturing plants and logistics networks in Nigeria to produce and distribute fake products.
Martins Iluyomade, NAFDAC director of investigation and
enforcement, said recent intelligence showed that the counterfeit trade has
shifted from importing fake products from China to local production and
distribution.
“Before, to fake a product, you needed to go to China to
bring it. Now, they are here with us,” Iluyomade said.
“They identify moving products, send samples to China, and
distribute them locally through logistics companies they own.”
Iluyomade said the agency has begun systematically shutting
down illegal logistics facilities operated by foreign nationals allegedly
involved in the network.
The disclosure comes amid concerns over the circulation of
dangerous and substandard consumer products, including adulterated toothpaste,
contaminated bottled water, fake cosmetics and unwholesome dairy products.
Mojisola Adeyeye, NAFDAC director-general, said the agency
has confiscated and destroyed regulated products worth more than N1.5 trillion
during coordinated enforcement operations in Lagos and the south-east.
She said the enforcement drive has also resulted in 64
convictions of counterfeiters between June 2025 and June 2026, the highest
number recorded by the agency.
Among the convictions was a five-year prison sentence handed
to an operator of an illegal beverage laboratory in December.
NAFDAC also said legal proceedings are ongoing in federal
courts against several suspects arrested in Kano, Sokoto, Delta and Anambra
states over the importation and distribution of fake oral-care products.
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