The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, on Thursday, destroyed unwholesome and substandard products worth over N5bn in Nasarawa State.
Our correspondent gathered that the unwholesome and substandard products, which were seized from Nasarawa, Benue, Kogi, Niger, and Plateau states of the North-Central region, were destroyed at the Angwan Rere dumpsite in Lafia, Nasarawa State.
Speaking at the event, the Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, stated that the fake products were confiscated by the agency’s personnel during outine monitoring exercises.
The DG, who was represented at the event by the North-Central Zonal Director of the agency, Kenneth Azikiwe, said the exercise was aimed at preventing such dangerous products from re-entering into the markets and causing harm.
Some of these products were intentionally hoarded, concealed, deliberately revalidated after their expiration date, maliciously positioned and displayed for sale by some unscrupulous merchants of death for unsuspecting Nigerians.
“Also up for destruction today are damaged and expired products voluntarily handed over to us by some well-meaning and God-fearing businessmen and women.”
