Anambra planned to host ‘made in Nigeria’ fair, in collaboration with alleged fake agency – SSG

By Ifeizu Joe

Anambra State government planned to host a fair in Anambra in collaboration with recently exposed fake agency, Made-in-Nigeria Agency.

The agency was recently exposed as being fake and non-existent, but the Secretary to Anambra State Government, Mrs Chiamaka Nnake stated that the agency tricked the government into hosting its maiden fair, and that the fair was billed to hold in December.

Though the agency has been busted, but if the fair had held, it would have been a conduit to siphon Anambra’s money.

Nnake who was nominated as a state focal person for the agency said she was nominated by Governor Chukwuma Soludo to represent the state in the fake agency.

She was forced to stated her part of the story after her photo has gone viral as the state focal person for the agency. This has the capacity to implicate Anambra State government as being a part of the running of the agency.

She said: “I wish to clarify the circumstances surrounding the trending news concerning the purported “Made-in-Nigeria Agency,” in which my photograph has been displayed and I have been identified as one of the State Coordinators.

“In January 2026, the Governor received a letter from the Made-in-Nigeria Office, said to be under the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, requesting the nomination of a State Focal Person. In response, the Governor, in February 2026, nominated me as the State Focal Person for Anambra State.

“Following the nominations, Focal Persons from the 36 states have been in a WhatsApp group engaging on issues relating to the activities of the office.

“More recently, the same office wrote to the State requesting that Anambra host the South East Made-in-Nigeria Fair. The request was approved, and an inaugural meeting was held about two weeks ago, with the National Coordinator in attendance. Since then, the State Committee has been working on preparations for the Fair, which is scheduled to take place from 2nd – 5th December 2026.

“Beyond these official interactions and engagements, I have no knowledge of, involvement in, or connection with any other activities, claims, or developments attributed to the said office.

“I therefore wish to make it clear that anything beyond the above-mentioned official interactions is entirely outside my knowledge and involvement.”