NAFDAC destroys N5bn fake, expired products in Nasarawa
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, on Thursday, destroyed unwholesome and substandard products worth over N5bn in Nasarawa State.
Our correspondent gathered that the unwholesome and substandard products, which were seized from Nasarawa, Benue, Kogi, Niger, and Plateau states of the North-Central region, were destroyed at the Angwan Rere dumpsite in Lafia, Nasarawa State.
Speaking at the event, the Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, stated that the fake products were confiscated by the agency’s personnel during outine monitoring exercises.
The DG, who was represented at the event by the North-Central Zonal Director of the agency, Kenneth Azikiwe, said the exercise was aimed at preventing such dangerous products from re-entering into the markets and causing harm.
She listed some of the seized products as fake drugs, falsified medical devices, unsafe cosmetics, fake detergents and expired chemicals.
“Some of these products were intentionally hoarded, concealed, deliberately revalidated after their expiration date, maliciously positioned and displayed for sale by some unscrupulous merchants of death for unsuspecting Nigerians.
“Also up for destruction today are damaged and expired products voluntarily handed over to us by some well-meaning and God-fearing businessmen and women.”
The DG gave the assurance that NAFDAC would continue to ensure that only the right quality products are available for sale and consumption in the country.
She appealed to members of the public to provide the agency with useful information on the activities of those either selling fake products or producing substandard products that constitute threats to human life.
In his goodwill message on behalf of the state government, the Nasarawa State Commissioner for Security and Safety Matters, Usman Baba, commended NAFDAC for sanitising the state and ensuring that only genuine products are sold for human consumption.
