The Federal Government has destroyed a consignment of fake, counterfeit and unwholesome drugs said to be the largest in the last 30 years in the country.
According to reports, the drugs, with an estimated street value of N9.31 billion, were seized by officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, the Nigeria Customs Service, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, and other relevant law enforcement agencies.
The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, who led a team of stakeholders including the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Healthcare Services, ChikeOkafor, on the exercise at the NAFDAC destruction site in Port Harcourt, said the seized drugs were routine drugs in constant demand by Nigerians.
Earlier, the Chairman House Committee on Healthcare Services, Okafor, described as historic the size of the seizure, adding that the House of Representatives endorsed the destruction and would continue to support NAFDAC to rid Nigeria of fake medical products.
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