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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Monday, stormed Ogbogu (drugs) markets at Onitsha, Anambra state, sealing shops and warehouses discovered to be dealing on counterfeit, substandard and expired drugs.
The team comprising the law enforcement agents, military, the media and others, took off from victory line, Egbeigwe, Udoka line and many other sections of Ogbogu, inspecting shops and warehouses to ascertain validity and originality of various medications on sales.
Blueprint reporter who was part of the team saw several cartons of drugs whose expiring dates were between 2019 to 2024, including broken tablets, empty sealed cans and other products with labelling, supposed fake NAFDAC numbers, among others.
The Director, NAFDAC South-East zone, Dr Martins Iluyomade, who led the operation, said it was part of their mandate and national assignment geared towards safeguarding the people health.
According to Iluyomade, it was a continuous exercise holding across the zone and country at large, and expected to take them round Onitsha drug market in line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration efforts to ensure that people have value for thier money as well as enjoy healthy life.
The zonal Director warned the public to be weary of products they purchase and consume to avoid taken what could damage their cell or result to instant deaths, even as he assured that owners of sealed shops would be prosecuted in line with extant laws of the land.
“We are not only telling you to shine your eyes but to shine your body as well. Be careful when someone is selling a product at cheaper rate to you especially when you know that the original product should be very expensive and efficiency. Also, try to purchase only from accredited dealers because the chances of them selling fake products are minimal. You know that if they deal on fake products, the Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria will sanction them by withdrawing their licenses,” he noted.
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