The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and
Control (NAFDAC) on Sunday, said it sealed 20 shops and confiscated drugs worth
over N2million at the Monday market in Maiduguri.
NAFDAC Coordinator in Borno, Nasiru Mato, who disclosed this
shortly after the raid, in an interview with the newsmen in Maiduguri, said the
traders were in possession of banned and expired products.
Mato said the raid was carried out after “intelligence
gathering and undercover assessment” of the medicine facilities.
He said that the raid
was part of the measures put in place to ensure traders and stakeholders
ensured strict compliance with NAFDAC’s
regulations for the overall safety and wellbeing of consumers.
“We have seized all the substances and placed their
facilities on hold. Such action like I said is aimed at ensuring sanity and
strict compliance by all handlers of NAFDAC’s regulated products,” he said.
He listed some of the seized items to include, herograma, heigra, suredrex, chest and lungs
tablets, V9-130 lemotil, immodium capsules, amlodipine, and Dr. Really extra
among others.
Others included, cold
cap, lisinopril, bongela cream and
expired vaccine eye drops.
Mato pledged to leave no stone unturned in the fight against
unwholesome product to safeguard public health.
He, therefore, called on all consumers to patronise products
that were certified by NAFDAC and avoid self-medication.
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