Emzor Pharmaceuticals Industrial
Limited, one of the companies implicated in the illegal manufacture and
distribution of codeine-contained syrup has broken its silence.
The National Agency for Food and
Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, had recently lifted the shutdown
placed on Peace Standard Pharmaceutical Limited and Bioraj Pharmaceutical
Limited in Ilorin, Kwara State, and Emzor Pharmaceuticals Ind. Ltd, Lagos.
During a press conference in
Lagos on Sunday, Uzoma Ezeoke, an executive director at the company, said:
“Unfortunately, we found ourselves as a key selling point for that documentary.
All eyes were on us even when others were mentioned.”
In her address, Stella Okoli,
chief executive officer of the company, said it became necessary to interact
with the media because of the events of the past few weeks.
“We have been inundated with
requests. I think that we are strengthening democracy. We are deeply touched to
know that our hopes, our future, the youths of this country are having issues
with drug abuse or prescription drugs,” she said.
“My heart reaches out to the
family that are affected. This is a social problem. We shall all work together
to overcome this problem. All of us must join our hands in harmony, in peace,
in love, in friendship to solve the problem.
“As you know, Emzor
Pharmaceutical Industries is a major player in the pharmaceutical industry for
more than 40 years providing high quality but affordable medicine to all
Nigerians.
“You have rewarded us with your
confidence. You have rewarded us with your comments. You are actually those
that help us to advance the quality of our products,” she said.
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