Customs, NAFDAC Destroy 58 Containers Of Tramadol, Others Worth N14.7b - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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July 25, 2019
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Hammed Ali saidthe service destroyed various pharmaceutical products including tramadol with aDuty Paid Value of 14.7 billion naira.
Ali said this when the Joint Committee on Drugsdestruction of the Nigeria Customs Service with the other sister agenciesdestroyed consignments of tramadol and other illicit drugs at a dump site inShagamu, Ogun.
He urged Nigerians to support the Federal Governmentin the fight against importation of illicit drugs.
Ali, who was represented by the AssistantComptroller-General of Customs, Kathleen Ekekezie, Zonal Coordinator ofCustoms, Zone “A” Lagos, commended the efforts of the National Agency for Foodand Drug Administration and Control NAFDAC and other sister agenciesrepresented at the site.
According to him, both the customs and NAFDAC havean enforcement of drugs department, noting that the department was carved outof both agencies for synergy on their primary assignment.