The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Sokoto State Office, has sanctioned 146 business premises and production industries for various offences including sale of counterfeits and adulterated products.
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Nasir Ahmad, the Customs Comptroller in charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states, performed the handover ceremony on Tuesday, saying that the items were seized on Saturday at Kamba border in Kebbi.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has seized fake medical devices, cosmetics, expired drugs and empty labels worth N5.804 million at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu.
The Civil Society Network Against Corruption, which is a coalition of over 150 anti-corruption organizations, has written to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for an update on its earlier petition to the anti-graft commission over allegations of
The Federal Ministry of Health has recalled 2.4 million bottles of cough syrup containing codeine after a recent audit of the substance carried out by National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control.
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control has destroyed fake, counterfeit, sub-standard and expired drugs worth N650 million in Kaduna.
Babatunde Olatunji, the President of the National Union of Chemical, Footwear, Rubber, Leather and Non-Metallic Products Employees, made the plea while answering questions from journalists in Lagos.
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it would step up its regulatory mandates to curtail unwholesome drug distribution in the country.
Prof. Mojishola Adeyeye, the Director-General of NAFDAC, made the call at a day sensitisation workshop in Lagos, on “Compliance with the International Code of Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes’’.
The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, made this known in a statement she personally signed in Abuja on Friday.
The house also urged Standards Organisation of Nigeria and the Consumer Protection Council to ensure implementation.
The Comptroller, Ahmed Azarewa, made this known on Thursday when he briefed newsmen on activities of the unit in the zone.
The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof Moji Adeyeye, gave the advice while addressing newsmen to commemorate the 2018 World International Day Against Drug Abuse in Abuja.
Adeyeye made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria in an interview in Abuja on Monday.
Adeyeye disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday.
The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, gave the warning when she received a delegation from the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology of the University of Abuja in her office.
The GMD/CEO, Emzor pharmaceutical industries, Dr Stella C. Okoli, stated this in a press briefing with newsmen on Sunday, lamenting that it is regrettable that many a lot of Nigerian youths are having issues with prescription drugs.
The companies include: the Emzor Pharmaceuticals Ind. Ltd, Lagos, Peace Standard Pharmaceutical Limited and Bioraj Pharmaceutical Limited in Ilorin, Kwara.
Ibrahim said: “The pharmaceutical companies in Niger state have complied with the recent Federal Government’s ban on codeine containing syrups.
The Federal Government had on Tuesday directed the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control to stop further issuance of permits for the importation of Codeine as active pharmaceutical ingredient for cough preparations with immediate effect in response to the gross abuse of codeine usage in the country.