The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed fake, substandard, counterfeit, and other unwholesome regulated products valued at over N5 billion in Nasarawa State.
The destruction exercise took place at the Nasarawa State Waste Management and Sanitation Authority dump site in Ungwan Rere, on the outskirts of Lafia, the state capital.
Speaking during the event, the Director General of NAFDAC, Professor Christianah Adeyeye, said the products were confiscated across five states in the North Central Zone—Benue, Kogi, Nasarawa, Niger, and Plateau. She was represented by the NAFDAC North Central Zonal Director, Mr. Kenneth Azikiwe.
According to him, the items destroyed included food products, drugs, medical devices, detergents, chemicals, and other regulated goods, all valued at more than N5 billion.
He assured Nigerians that the agency would continue to intensify efforts to ensure that only safe and quality products are allowed in markets.
Also speaking, the Nasarawa State Commissioner for Security and Home Affairs, Usman Baba, described the exercise as unprecedented in the fight against counterfeit and harmful products in Nigeria.
He commended NAFDAC for its sustained enforcement activities and urged the agency to continue safeguarding the nation by regulating the manufacture, importation, exportation, distribution, sale, and use of food, drugs, and cosmetics.
According to him, “This Act empowers the Agency to ensure that only the right quality and safe products are consumed by Nigerians and other residents or visitors in the country.”
Olusola Akintonde