NAFDAC Destroys Expired pharmaceutical products worth N650 million in Kaduna State.
The Director-General of NAFDAC, Professor Christiana Adeyeye speaks "there would be no sacred cows in the fight against counterfeit drugs and substandard food products".
Speaking after setting the contraband products ablaze on Friday, the Acting North West zonal director of the agency, Dauda Gimba, who represented Adeyeye described the production of fake drugs as an act of terrorism and economic sabotage against public health.
The product destroyed are made up of substandard and falsely labelled medicines, unwholesome food products, cosmetics and other counterfeit products seized by the agency from manufacturers, importers and distributors. The estimated street value of the products is N650 million
“Also, expired drugs voluntarily handed over by agencies such as the Nigeria Customs Service, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), non-governmental organizations, trade unions, pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria and the National Association of Proprietary and Patent Medicine Dealers are included in this exercise.”
Gimba later said that the ban on codeine was still in force and the agency is prepared to restore sanity in the health sector in the country.
Say no to drug abuse, you must have seen what drug abuse can cause.
It causes addiction, that means no matter how damaging the drug is the addicted will still consume it, so its better to stay off drug or better still be guided by prescription.
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