NAFDAC destroys seized products valued at over ₦8 billion

Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it destroyed counterfeit, adulterated, expired and banned products valued at more than ₦8 billion, seized across the North-Central region. The exercise took place in Lafia, Nasarawa State, where agency officials said the products had been removed from circulation during enforcement operations. NAFDAC Director-General Mojisola Adeyeye announced the destruction through Joseph Edor, a deputy director representing her at the event. Adeyeye said the confiscated goods came from manufacturing facilities, sales outlets, shops, markets and motor parks across the region. The reports do not provide an inventory or valuation method for the stated amount, which agency officials described as about or more than ₦8 billion. Adeyeye said most of the destroyed products were banned alcoholic drinks packaged in sachets or containers holding less than 200 millilitres. Other items included counterfeit and expired medicines, food products and cosmetics, as well as adulterated and substandard goods. The agency said the products were seized through enforcement activities across North-Central Nigeria. Adeyeye said the...