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Nigerian envoy advises Africans against exporting fake products from China
The African business community in Yiwu, Zhejiang province of China has been advised to shun the idea of collaborating with evil persons in exporting fake, expired, and sub-standard goods and products from China to Africa.
This was contained in a release by Nigeria’s Consulate Office in Shanghai, China.
The Consul General of Nigeria’s Consulate office in Shanghai, Chimezie Okeoma Ogu, advised in his remark as a guest of honor during the end-of-the-year ceremony by the African community in Yiwu.
The Nigeria Consul General stated that such acts contribute to the destruction of African markets and economy, as well as jeopardize the life and health of African people.
Furthermore, Ogu encouraged the African community in Yiwu to learn and adopt the best practices and experiences in their host city in China and to ensure that quality and best products are exported to their African countries, thereby contributing to developing the respective economy.
The Consul General also encourages them to exhibit exemplary character in Australia be good ambassadors in their host city and as representatives of African cultures. According to Mr . Ogu, they are the mirror that reflects the quality and the level of African human development in their various places of business in China.
He also tasked Africans in Yiwu China to live harmoniously in the city as a wish for well and success in 2024.
The occasion offered an opportunity for the Nigerian representatives in Shanghai to convince a meeting of Nigerians doing business in Yiwu on a sideline of the event.
During the meeting, the envoy further frowned on the issue of exporting fake and substandard goods and products from the host city to Nigeria. According to him, the evil practice is wicked and a disservice to God and humanity.
In this same vein, Ogu has called upon the government of the People’s Republic of China to reconsider the high tariff imposed on agricultural export products to China.
He made this call during the global digital expo conference in Hangzhou, in Zhejiang province.
This was in response to the question of the inability of Nigeria to export and trade agricultural produce from Nigeria to China.
Ogu stated that Nigeria is disadvantaged because the Chinese authority classifies Nigeria as a developed economy and imposes more than two-digit taxation on goods and products from the country.
He canvassed that this regime of tariff should be revisited by the Chinese central government in Beijing to allow Nigerian businessmen and their Chinese partners to participate in the new Chinese global digital economic promotion.
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Musawa Seeks Broader Significance for June 12
Joel Ajayi
The Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, Esq., says June 12 must be remembered as a sacrifice that gave Nigerians democracy, beyond its status as a public holiday.
In a statement signed on Saturday by the Senior Assistant Media & Publicity to the Honourable Minister,Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy Dr Nneka Ikem Anibeze Ph.D in Abuja.
Musawa stated this at the national premiere of “MKO”, a film on Chief Moshood Abiola, held at the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and Creative Arts, Lagos, to mark Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary.
She said 33 years after June 12, 1993, many young Nigerians know it only as a holiday, but the film turns it back into memory.
“For too many young Nigerians, June 12 is simply a public holiday. This film tells them that our democracy did not arrive by chance. It was fought for. It was defended. It was paid for. This documentary is in honour of the heroes of June 12, the men and women who gave their lives for the mandate of June 12, 1993 and for the democracy Nigeria enjoys today,” the Minister said.
Musawa hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Chief Host, for his participation in the June 12 struggle and paying the price in exile, adding that Nigeria’s creative industry will keep telling the story of its democracy with courage.
“Through film and the creative economy, Nigeria will preserve its history. A nation that forgets its past loses its way to the future. Nigeria has a story and our story deserves to be told,” she said.
Earlier, the director of the investigative documentary, Ose Oyamendan, said the film was in honour and memory of heroes who fought for Nigeria’s democracy.
“There was Hope ’93 and now there is Renewed Hope. There was a man who sacrificed his life so we may have democracy and there is a man who almost lost his life fighting for democracy who is now helping build a lasting democracy.
“There was a great man called Bashorun MKO Abiola and there is now another great man called Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Democrats. Nationalists. Nation builders. Leaders of men and women. We must never forget our story. We must always honour and remember our heroes,” Oyamendan said.
Top government officials including President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the wife of the President Senator Oluremi Tinubu; Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Chief of Staff to the President Rt. Femi Gbajabiamila, state Governors, members of the National Assembly, Ministers and other distinguished dignitaries attended the premiere.
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