(NAFDAC DG, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye –  Directed strings of successful operations against counterfeiters across the country)

NAFDAC and other Government officials lighting the flame to burn the dangerous products)

By Biola Lawal.
Kuje (Abuja): Flowerbudnews: As part of its strategies for protecting public health, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) today destroyed fake, expired, and substandard goods worth N1.3bn in Abuja.

Flowerbudnews reports that unwholesome goods destroyed included fake and expired medicines, food items, cosmetics, hospital equipment, and many other products.

According to NAFDAC Officials, the products destroyed included expired food items voluntarily handed over by some local and international organisations, including the World Food Programme (WFP) not to endanger public health.

The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye,  was represented at the burning event by  NAFDAC’s Festus Ukadike, who led government officials to the Kuje dumpsite in Abuja for the destruction. (Flowerbudnews)