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Abubakar Abubakar
March 30, 2019
TheNational Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC hasdestroyed unsafe and unwholesome products seized by the agency, worth over N2billion, at Oke-Diya Dumpsite, Sagamu, Ogun State.
Director-Generalof the Agency, Mojisola Adeyeye, told newsmen during the destruction exercisethat 189 trucks conveyed the unsafe and unwholesome drugs — the highest everrecorded by NAFDAC — to the destruction venue.
TheD-G said that NAFDAC had been given the mandate by the government of PresidentMuhammadu Buhari to ensure that the health of Nigerians is safeguarded.
Adeyeyeappealed to the judiciary to take sterner view of counterfeiting and applystiffer sanctions to deter counterfeiters, because of the danger they continueto pose to the society of their dangerous products.
She also pleaded with the National Assembly to pass the Counterfeit Medical Products Bill that will strengthen the Agency’s fight against counterfeiting in Nigeria.