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The Director General, of the National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mojisola Adeyeye has made a case for the establishment of coordinated wholesale centres for drugs and related products in Aba, the Abia State capital.
Adeyeye made this appeal when she led other senior staff of the agency on a courtesy yesterday visit to the Abia State governor, Alex Otti.
She argued that operations of such centres will enhance monitoring and reduction in the production and circulation of fake drugs in society.
She noted that the agency was praying and hoping that during the governor’s administration, the agency will witness the establishment of the centres.
Otti assured her that his administration was committed to partnering the agency and other security agencies in the fight against fake items.
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He said, “This informed our decision to set up a harmonised task force to fight negative tendencies.
“We’re poised to maximise the positive energy of our youths and channel them to positive ventures.”
Otti highlighted the effects of fake drugs and substandard products, saying it could lead to a high mortality rate.
He commended Adeyeye for her commitment, adding that his administration will support and make her mission successful.
In another report, NAFDAC has confiscated banned pharmaceutical products, valued at millions of naira, in Onitsha, Anambra State, during a raid.
The agency also bust factories manufacturing fake alcoholic beverages in Enugu and Imo states.
NAFDAC’s Director, South East Zone, Martins Iluyomade, revealed this while briefing newsmen in Awka on Wednesday.
He said drugs intercepted in Onitsha included 892 bottles of codeine syrup, 26 packs of Rohypnol tablet (Flunitrazepam) and 16 packs of swings tablet (Flunitrazepam).
Others were six rolls of Teka Tramadol capsules 100mg, 10 packs of Super Terpentol tablet 200mg and eight packs of Osaka Tramadol capsules 100mg.
