Fake products donβt check anyoneβs tribe before they cause harm. Every Nigerian is at risk, and this should never become a tribal fight. The focus should be on public safety, accountability and demanding better from NAFDAC!!
Igbos have been in the news repeatedly over the production of fake drinks and drugs, it is alarming, but let's not act like this is perculiar to one region or ethinicity; Fake products aren't produced in the South-East alone, many times people from the South-West region have been arrested too. And while the focus might be on consumables like drinks and drugs, let's talk about the skincare products that are heavily manufacted in Lagos and transported across the state. Or those mixed food items sold in the Northern region (containing food dyes).
NAFDAC DG who has proven to be incompetent, is not from the South-East. She's from the Yoruba ethinicity, so what has the agency done to stop this? A few months people in Edo State reportedly cried out over the production and sale of fake red oils, this is another region entirely, Deltans has also cried out over adulterated products.
That aside, we also need to hold those who intentionally sell fake products to consumers (at original price) knowing full well the dangers. At the clubs, supermarkets, local markets, etc. I think the penalty for the production and sale of fake products should be deΞ±lth. And everyone should hold their region accountable.