NAFDAC Destroys N3.2bn Worth Of Fake Drugs

Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC) said the Agency has
destroyed fake drugs worth N3.2bn in the past two years.

While speaking at the press briefing in Abuja on Monday. She said;

“The Agency raided two warehouses located within a residential area in Igbo Amaeze Street, Awada Obosi, Onitsha, Anambra State, where substandard and falsified versions of popular brands of anti-malaria and antibiotics were stored.
“One hundred and nine cartons of assorted products including Lincocin Capsule, Augmentin, Artesunate, Panadol Extra, Cafcol 250mg Capsules, Busoopan, Laridox, Postinor 2 tablets, Coartem 20/120, Lofnac (Diclofenac Sodium) and Aldomet were seized. Investigation is ongoing to unravel the owners of the products.

“We also intercepted a truck conveying substandard and falsified medical products en route to Kano. The products are worth about N6m.

“The agency has destroyed substandard and falsified medical products worth more than N3.22bn (in two years). The Agency in conjunction with the Nigeria Customs Service commenced the destruction of 24 seized containers of substandard and falsified medical products, especially Tramadol.”
Prof. Mojisola also mentioned that most NAFDAC workers could not afford good accommodation in Lagos. She therefore drew the attention of the Federal Government to the salaries NAFDAC workers earn. Pleading that their salaries be reviewed.