NAFDAC Destroys Expired Drugs, Beverages Worth N4.2bn in Anambra
Expired and unwholesome regulated products worth N4.2 bn were on Friday destroyed by the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Awka, Anambra State.
The agency represented by the director of Investigation and Enforcement, Mr. Francis Nzeribe Ononiwu, said the products had to be destroyed to prevent their return to the Nigerian market describing drug counterfeiting as an act of economic sabotage and a serious threat to public health.
Also, NAFDAC’s Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye added that the destruction of fake items was proof of the agency’s resolve to safeguard the health of the nation and ensure that only genuine medicines and wholesome foods of the right qualities are imported, exported, manufactured, distributed and sold in Nigeria.
Prof. Adeyeye further disclosed two people in Anambra State who were successfully prosecuted and jailed for five years in 2021 and 2022 for producing fake drugs and food products.
The NAFDAC boss, however, praised the efforts of the Investigation and Enforcement Directorate of Asaba, Delta State, for making several seizures of controlled and banned narcotics, counterfeit and fake products being distributed by unscrupulous elements and causing harm to public health.
She also noted that a remarkable seizure was made in 2021 by the Nigerian Customs of a 40×40 container of fake, banned, and counterfeit products worth millions of Naira.
All the state coordinators of NAFDAC in Anambra, Delta, Edo, Enugu, Imo, Abia, Cross River, Akwa-Ibom, and Bayelsa, including the deputy director of South-East zone, Collins Ogedengbe were present at the event.
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