NAFDAC office
Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Christianah Adeyeye, has urged the judiciary to apply stiffer sanctions to deter counterfeiters.
The DG stated this just as the agency destroyed 189 truckloads of banned, expired, substandard and falsified medical products as well as unwholesome processed foods and cosmetics worth N2.8 billion.
The destruction is the largest in the history of NAFDAC, according to the agency.
Adeyeye said drug counterfeiters would continue to pose great danger to the society and all consumers of their dangerous products, in the absence of stiffer actions.
She said the agency had taken many strides in the fight against counterfeiting in Nigeria to ensure it meets up with the mandate of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government, which seeks to ensure that the health of Nigerians is safeguarded.
According to her, tramdol has always occupied the larger part of the products destroyed by the…
