The CLO Chairman in Anambra State, Vincent Ezekwueme, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.
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Its coordinator, Malam Garba Adamu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday that NAFDAC also impounded six vehicles and public address systems used in selling the products and some counterfeit medicines.
Chike was said to have been shot dead while returning to Enugu from an event to honour his late wife.
The command’s Controller, Suleiman Umar, handed over the drugs to Kano State Coordinator of NAFDAC, Shaba Muhammad.
He also commended regulatory agencies pushing for enhanced utilisation of patented micronutrient formulations.
The agency also called on the National Assembly to pass the counterfeit medical product Bill to strengthen the agency’s war against offenders, and to make the penalty serve as a deterrent to abusers.
Four persons were also arrested for tampering with evidence.
The State Coordinator, Nasiru Mato, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Kaduna.
In a statement by NAFDAC’s Resident Media Consultant, Sayo Akintola, in Lagos on Sunday, Professor Adeyeye lamented that perpetuators of the illicit trade more often than not do capitalize on the weak law in the land to wreak havoc on the nation’s health system.
Falali disclosed this at the handover of the drugs to officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday, in Yola.
Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General, NAFDAC, made the disclosure on Wednesday at the South-West Zonal Destruction of Expired Counterfeit, Substandard and Falsified Medical Devices and other Unwholesome Regulated Products.
Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi who disclosed this on Thursday after reviewing the report of the recent monitoring, inspection and enforcement exercises carried out by the Taskforce, explained that the affected pharmacies and patent medicine stores were shut for contravening regulations guiding the operations of pharmacies and patent medicine stores, including indulging in illegal practices and failing to comply with regulatory standard.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja.
The approval is contained in a circular signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Babale Umar-Yauri, on Tuesday.
She urged all the regulatory agencies at the port saddled with the responsibility of ensuring high quality of imports and exports to find urgent and lasting solutions to Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) Border Rejection Notifications from the European Commission on products originating from Nigeria
Umar El-Yakub, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly matters, disclosed this when he briefed State House correspondents on Monday in Abuja.
She, however, warned Nigerian researchers in the nation’s ivory towers and other herbal medicine practitioners to desist from parading unverified medicinal products as suitable for the cure of COVID-19, without NAFDAC approval.
Adeyeye spoke at a stakeholders interactive session organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Safety Standards and Regulations in Abuja.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye.
It has also agreed with manufacturers of chemical products in Nigeria to explore the international market with chemical products to enhance the nation’s foreign exchange earnings.