Friday, September 6, 2024 The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has announced the destruction of fake, adulterated, and unregistered food, drug, and cosmetic products worth approximately N2.7 billion, which were seized in the South-East.
The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola
Adeyeye, in a brief remark during the exercise in Enugu said, the products
would have compromised the health of over three million people.
Represented by a Director of the South-East Zone, Mr Martins Iluyomade, the DG
said that the products would have increased the health burden on the already
overstretched health institutions in the country.
According to her, the products would have increased the poverty rate by
making people spend money they should use to improve their livelihoods on
medical trips.
Adeyeye said that several people have met their untimely death due to the
consumption of poisons, stressing that the event was to signal to the people of
the South-East that it is no longer business as usual to merchants of death,
who are hell bent on destroying other people for their own selfish economic
gain.
“I want to thank other sister agencies for their cooperation, without which we
cannot succeed in this endeavour.
“NAFDAC will not rest on its oars until every household in the country can buy
any regulated product without fear of substandard, adulteration or fake.
“We enjoin the public to join us in this fight by reporting unscrupulous
manufacturers and businessmen, who engage in illicit practices to report to the
nearest NAFDAC office for prompt investigation,” Adeyeye said.
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