NAFDAC destroys N55bn fake medical products in Ibadan

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has destroyed illicit, banned, substandard, and unwholesome drugs and pharmaceutical products worth over N55bn in Ibadan, Oyo State.

The Director-General of the agency, Mojisola Adeyeye, announced the exercise, which took place at a dumpsite in Moniya, Akinyele Local Government Area, as part of the agency’s routine mandate to prevent expired, substandard, and falsified medical devices and other spurious or unsafe NAFDAC-regulated products from re-entering circulation.

Adeyeye’s message was delivered by the agency’s Deputy Director, Pharmaceutical Division, Investigation and Enforcement, Papa Lagos, Florence Ubah, who explained that the products destroyed included substandard and falsified medical products, unwholesome processed foods and food additives, unsafe cosmetics, counterfeits, and expired NAFDAC-regulated items seized from manufacturers, importers, and distributors.

She added, “It is important to state that the products destroyed today were voluntarily handed over by more than 70 compliant companies, non-governmental organisations, and trade unions to the agency. This is commendable. The estimated street value of the products being destroyed is N55,436,844,470.”