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Organisation of  Nigeria (SON)  said that it would recruit five million Nigerians  into its newly inaugurated national coalition against fake products.
The Director-General of the organisation, Dr Joseph Odumodu, said this in Ibadan on Tuesday at an enlightenment  programme tagged:  “Zero  Tolerance Against Substandard Products.”
He said  the recruitment exercise would boost the on-going war against the production of fake and substandard products in the country.
Odumodu also said  the organisation had appointed the Sultan of  Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, as its ambassador in the country.
“We have already formed a national coalition.  Indeed, our plan is to recruit up to five million Nigerians who are going to be part of this crusade.
“We believe that five million people are  a critical mass  that we will use to sustain this campaign to a level that it would be impossible for people to bring substandard products into Nigeria,” he said.
He said that the aim of the awareness campaign was to focus on life endangering items such as tyres, cement and electrical products.
“We are having the campaign to sensitise people on the need to be aware of fake products that could cost them their lives.
“We believe that any fake or substandard product among these items can directly lead to a loss of life,” Odumodu said.
To achieve its mandate, Odumodu said SON  would collaborate with some government agencies.
“We believe that by working together, we will be able to achieve the set mandate,” he said.
He, however, called on the public to support the organisation in reducing fake and substandard products in the country.
Odumodu, who said  the campaign would be taken to all the geo-political zones of the country, added:
“Our team had earlier visited the South-South and the North-West Zones to campaign against fake and substandard products.