The national Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC),says it has destroyed counterfeit medical products worth billions of naira in Kano and Anambra state.
NAFDAC made this known in a statement by the Agency's resident media consultant,Mr Olusayo Akintola,and issued to newsmen on Sunday in Abuja.
Akintola said products destroyed by the Agency were drugs, vaccines, cosmetics and expired food items,in three geo-political zones of north west, south east and south south respectively.
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He noted that NAFDAC Director General,Prof.Mojisola Adeyeye had also warned that henceforth, there would be no hiding place for the merchants of death,who derived joy in unpatriotic acts of circulating expired products.
The consultant said that the products were seized from manufacturers, distributors and importers, and all handed over to the Agency.
He said some of the products destroyed such as unregistered drugs, improperly stored vaccines and tramadol,were confiscated by the Nigerian custom service
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