(NAFDAC Director General,  Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, tough against counterfeiters and fake medicine peddlers across the country)

By Biola Lawal
Lagos (FLOWERBUDNEWS): NAFDAC’s continuous battle against fake drug peddlers has recorded another major success as the Agency intercepts 277 cartons of counterfeit and unregistered Malamal Forte malaria drugs, valued at over ₦1.2 billion in Lagos.

NAFDAC Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye disclosed that the successful enforcement operation, was undertaken following credible intelligence gathering by the Agency’s operatives which led to the heavy haul in a warehouse located in the Ilasa-Oshodi area of Lagos State.

(NAFDAC Operatives in action during the successful enforcement operation)

Prof. Adeyeye disclosed further that the fake drugs, which were concealed in cartons labelled as Diclofenac Potassium 50mg, were illegally imported from Shanxi Tianyuan Pharmaceuticals Group in China.

” They were falsely declared as spare parts in the shipping container,” the NAFDAC Boss disclosed.

Prof. Adeyeye reaffirmed the Agency’s commitment, with the full support of the Presidency and Federal Ministry of Health, to eliminating counterfeit and substandard medicines from Nigeria.

‘:This seizure is part of NAFDAC’s sustained nationwide operation to protect public health and ensure only safe, quality medicines are available to Nigerians,” She stated (FLOWERBUDNEWS)