This Day (Lagos)
13 October 2008
Recently, the world was greeted with the news of the needless death of scores of infants in China after they were fed with toxic milk. This development has expectedly fuelled global concerns over milk and other dairy products made in the People's Republic of China. There is fear that the deadly products may find its way into the country due to her porous borders, writes Chinyere Okoye
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It is good that we have been alerted about the toxic dairy products from china. Do we have the appropriate measures in place to check the importation of health products from china and Asian countries. Presently the increasing number of chinese activities in Nigeria is somewhat alarming. Are we gradually being colonised by another rising world power. Is Nigeria getting their moneys worth for having them in the country. Nigeria should wake up to be able to play the games of this fast-changing world.
This is one of the reason Nigeria need to build their own products, whether is medicine, food products, agricultural products fish products and etc. This is not the first time Chinese product killed children. In 1998 and/or 1999, Chinese drugs maker laced their medicine with hydro-glycol, known in USA as antifreeze. We have to wake up, today is early. For so it was the west that think Africa is they dumping ground, now is Chinese, why we have not invested in ourselves and children futures.