By BENNIE MUNDANDOCOUNTERFEIT products flooding the country will not only freeze legitimate local businesses but will have a telling effect on revenue collection by Government, says 3RD Liberation Movement (3 RD LM) president Enock Tonga. Speaking to the Daily Nation yesterday in the wake of counterfeit products which were seized by police in Matero Township in Lusaka, Mr. Tonga said just like smuggling, production of counterfeit products is the cancer eating the fabric of the economy. Mr. Tonga said there was need for Zambia to declare total war against counterfeit products and that those found perpetuating the scourge must be dealt with accordingly because it was not only an economic but a health issue. He said this was because no one certified such products which found their way into the market and consumed by the general public, under the guise that they were original products. “We must declare zero tolerance towards individuals producing and offloading […]
Curb fake products, demands Tonga
