Ibrahim said: “The pharmaceutical companies in Niger state have complied with the recent Federal Government’s ban on codeine containing syrups.
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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.
Adewole said the directive became necessary due to the gross abuse Codeine usage has been subjected to in the country.
Adeyeye made the appeal in the University of Ilorin’s Bulletin issued on Monday, where she delivered a paper at the 1st Public Lecture Series of the Nigeria Association of Pharmacists in Academia.
Bakau told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Ilorin that this was an extension of the community pharmacy that would ensure regulatory practices in sales and distribution of drugs in the country.
The agency said: “The investigation was triggered by a report from a consumer in Abuja who claimed that he bought a fish which refused to cook when set on fire for several minutes.
A statement by the Media Office of the President of the Senate said the Drug Control Bill seeks to clarifies the mandate and strengthen the capacity of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control and other relevant law enforcement and regulatory bodies to eradicate the illicit production, and trafficking of controlled substances.
The Abia State Coordinator of NAFDAC, Olisa Okeke, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Aba.
The State Coordinator, Malam Hamis Yahaya, told the
News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Sokoto that equipment and substances were confiscated while the outfits were shut by the agency’s officials.
Micheal Attah, Nasarawa State Coordinator of NAFDAC, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lafia on Monday.
Prof. Christiana Adeyeye, the Director-General of NAFDAC, made the call on Monday in a remark at the opening of a five-day National Security Conference training on chemical.
Christiana Essenwa, the Deputy Director of NAFDAC in Anambra, told the News Agency of Nigeria after a raid on the market on Thursday that three shops were also sealed.
The seized items, packed in 24 cartons and imported from China, were made over the first quarter of 2018 by officials of NAFDAC at the airport.
The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lagos that the war against bad drugs would be won with all hands on deck.
Its chairman, Adoga Onah, who announced this during plenary, said it made the discovery in the course of its oversight duty to the board.
The NAFDAC State Coordinator, Bashir Ma’azu, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Wednesday.
Governor Atiku Bagudu made the promise in Birnin Kebbi on Monday at the Drug Awareness and Advocacy.
A statement by CPC on Sunday in Abuja, reported its Director-General, Babatunde Irukera, as saying this when he led a team on a visit to NAFDAC Director General, Prof. Moji Adeyeye.
Alhaji Lawal Dan-Gashuwa, the Chairman of the association, gave the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri on Tuesday.
The plans, according to a statement from the Media Office of the President of the Senate, include formulating, developing and implementing national policies, strategies, programme and regulations relating to mental health and substance abuse aimed at arresting the rising incidence