The agency said it uncovered and confiscated fake and substandard food and beverages worth over ₦5 billion in its latest operation tagged Operation Clean Up Aba.
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The products were destroyed at the Kuje dumpsite in the territory.
The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, stated this at the inaugural ceremony of the agency’s youth programme, tagged, ‘’Catch Them Young,’’ held at the Government Secondary School, Rumuokwuta, Port Harcourt, on Wednesday.
The warehouse: Amanat.com, is located at PP2A, Bayajidda Street, near Kano Road and New Ogbomosho Road in Kaduna State.
Adeyeye noted that despite NAFDAC extensive regulatory responsibilities, the agency is acutely understaffed.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the supermarket is situated at Azba Mall, 2 Durban Street, Wuse 2, Abuja.
The NAFDAC team which visited the Nyong Essien, Udo Umana and Akpan Andem Markets in Uyo metropolis, seized banned alcoholic beverages worth millions of naira.
The enforcement operation, which confiscated numerous bags of rice from eight different facilities, was led by Kenneth Azikiwe, the Director in charge of the FCT Directorate of the agency.
In a statement on its X handle (formerly twitter), NAFDAC said that the Paludex Artemether/Lumefantrine tablets (80mg/480mg), were manufactured by Impact Pharmaceutical Ltd, No. 33A/33B Standard Industrial Layout Emene- Enugu State.
Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General of the agency, confirmed this on Tuesday at a news conference in Lagos State.
In a statement on Saturday signed by Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General of NAFDAC, the agency clarified on its X handle that the application for approval of the product was rejected.
The Imo Coordinator of NAFDAC, Mercy Ndukwe, said this while supervising the seizure in Owerri, on Wednesday.
The destruction of the unwholesome, substandard, falsified, medicinal and other unwholesome regulated products, was carried out at Akinyele Dump site, Ibadan.
Adeyeye gave the warning when she appeared at the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja.
The notification is in a public alert marked: No. 043/2024, issued on NAFDAC website, disclosing the date of manufacturing of the drug to be February 2023 and June 2023.
The operation led to the confiscation of adulterated alcoholic beverages and discovery of expired salt with altered expiry dates.
The development, aimed at safeguarding public health, was announced in a statement shared by NAFDAC on X.com on Monday.
In an interview with NAN on Saturday in Kaduna, the Chairman of the chapter, Adetoboye Ayodeji, said it is left for the agency’s management to call the union for negotiation in order to see actionable evidence that things would be done appropriately.
This effort comes after the recent floods that compromised public health supplies.
The clerics were protesting the position of NAFDAC on the miracle soap and miracle water by the church of Prophet Fufeyin.