Tag: NAFDAC

(NAFDAC Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye)

 

By Biola Lawal
Flowerbudnews: Two men, Otuorimuno Nelson Aziakpono, 58, and Ikegwuonu Davidson Ikechukwu, 28, have been sentenced to a total of 40 years imprisonment for producing and selling fake alcoholic beverages in Lagos.

Justice Allagoa.J. of the Federal High Court in Lagos, found them guilty of the production, possession, sale, and distribution of adulterated and unregistered alcoholic drinks within Lagos, a statement by Sayo Akintola, NAFDAC Resident Media Consultant disclosed on Wednesday.

The conviction followed an enforcement operation by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)
on December 3, 2025, at Kojo Street, Ijanikin, and Vespa Market, during which the illegal activities of the duo were uncovered.

During the operation, NAFDAC operatives discovered large quantities of counterfeit and unregistered alcoholic beverages.
including Hennessy V.S.O.P, Hennessy Very Special, Jameson Irish Whiskey, William Lawson Blended Scotch Whisky, and Gordon’s Dry Gin.

The beverages were found to be counterfeit, unwholesome, unregistered, or misleadingly packaged.

The two convicts were charged on eight counts. of the possession of unwholesome products, the manufacture of counterfeit alcoholic beverages, and the distribution and sale of fake drinks, all in violation of relevant laws.

The case was successfully prosecuted by NAFDAC which restated its commitment to protecting public health and ensuring that unsafe products do not find their way into the market.

NAFDAC warned that adulterated alcoholic beverages pose serious health risks to consumers, and stressed that the agency would intensify enforcement actions across the country to clamp down on such illegal activities.

The agency also urged members of the public to remain vigilant and report any suspicious products or activities to the nearest NAFDAC office, noting that public cooperation is crucial in the fight against counterfeit and harmful. (Flowerbudnews)

 

(NAFDAC DG. Prof Mojisola Adeyeye with APIN Delegation at NAFDAC Headquarters, Abuja)

 

–  Donates Laptops, Tablet to support NAFDAC’s regulatory and operational activities.

By Biola Lawal
Abuja (Flowerbudnews): A Non-governmental organisation, the AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria (APIN) has commended NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye for her leadership courage in repositioning and strengthening NAFDAC regulatory systems.

Leader of the APIN, Pharm. Uche Okezie gave the commendation during a courtesy visit to the Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja, during which
20 laptops and 304 tablets were donated by APIN to NAFDAC to support the Agency’s regulatory and operational activities.

Pharm. Okezie also congratulated the Director General for NAFDAC’s attainment and Retaining of WHO Maturity Level 3 (ML3). He attributed the milestone achievements to Prof. Adeyeye’s sustained dedication and institutional reforms.

He reaffirmed APIN’s commitment to partnering with the agency to advance its public health mandate.

Responding, NAFDAC Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, appressed appreciation for the donation by APIN, noting that the devices would further enhance NAFDAC’s regulatory and operational activities across the country.

She assured Nigerians of the Agency’s total commitment to safeguarding public health by ensuring that only wholesome products were available for sales and consumption in the country.

The Director General said that NAFDAC remained committed to intensifying its monitoring and surveillance operations to ensure that the safety, quality, and efficacy of regulated products across the country was not compromised. (FLOWERBUDNEWS)

 

 

By Ramatu Garba

Kano:   The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kano State Command has reaffirmed commitment to strengthening inter-agency collaboration with National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to combat illicit drugs.

The Commander, Kano Strategic Command, Dahiru Yahaya-Lawal, said this during a familiarisation visit to the NAFDAC State Coordinator, Mr Kasim Ibrahim, in Kano.

The Public Relations Officer of NDLEA, ASN Sadiq Muhhamads-Maigarari, said this in a statement issued on Saturday in Kano.

According to the statement, the visit underscored the shared resolve of both agencies to safeguard citizens of Kano from the dangers posed by illicit drugs and substandard medicines.

It highlighted key initiatives being implemented by the NDLEA Chairman, Retired Brig.-Gen. Buba-Marwa, including the agency’s Drug Integrity Testing Programme and the Alternative Development Initiative (ADI).

It explained that the ADI was designed to reduce substance abuse through the provision of sustainable livelihood opportunities, while promoting preventive strategies against drug dependence.

The statement emphasised the command’s readiness to implement the initiatives in close coordination with NAFDAC, in line with the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the two agencies to enhance operational synergy.

In his remarks, the NAFDAC Coordinator in Kano, Ibrahim, commended the NDLEA for the proactive engagement and reaffirmed the agency’s willingness to support joint operations.

He said NAFDAC remained committed to collaborative efforts aimed at curbing the production, distribution and consumption of illicit substances, as well as substandard and falsified medicines across the state.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the engagement formed part of ongoing inter-agency efforts to strengthen enforcement, regulatory oversight, community sensitisation and development programmes towards safeguarding public health in Kano. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

 

(NAFDAC DG Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye)

 

By Danladi Ahmed

The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has told the Federal High Court that the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is legally empowered to enforce the ban on the production and sale of alcoholic beverages packaged in sachets, PET bottles, and glass containers below 200 millilitres.

In a counter-affidavit filed on February 23, 2026, the ministry, through its counsel, Jumoke Motilayo Falaye, said it neither interferes with, nor controls NAFDAC’s enforcement decisions, stressing that the ministry is not an enforcement arm of the Federal Government.

The ministry explained that NAFDAC is a statutory agency established under the NAFDAC Act with clearly defined regulatory and enforcement powers over food, drugs, and related products, including alcoholic beverages.

It argued that it lacks the legal authority to direct, restrain, or halt NAFDAC from carrying out its statutory mandate, a statement by Sayo Akintola, the Agency’s Resident Media Consultant disclosed.

The ministry further stated that the Minister of Health and Social Welfare has not granted any further extension of the moratorium on the enforcement of existing regulations, including the sachet alcohol ban.

According to the affidavit, NAFDAC’s enforcement powers are derived from Sections 5 and 30 of the NAFDAC Act and other applicable regulations, adding that all decisions relating to enforcement fall squarely within the agency’s jurisdiction.

The ministry also dismissed claims of ministerial interference in NAFDAC’s enforcement processes as speculative and unsupported by evidence.

The suit, marked FHC/L/CS/2568/25, was instituted by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) against the Minister of Health and Social Welfare as the first defendant and the Attorney-General of the Federation, representing the Federal Government and the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, as the second defendant.

The action was filed on SERAP’s behalf by Mofesomo Tayo-Oyetibo (SAN), alongside other lawyers from Tayo Oyetibo LP.SERAP is seeking declarations that the sachet alcohol ban is a valid regulation under the NAFDAC Act and that the Minister of Health lacks the legal authority to grant or extend any moratorium on its enforcement.

The group is also urging the court to affirm that federal authorities must not interfere with NAFDAC’s enforcement responsibilities and must ensure the nationwide implementation of the ban.

Specifically, SERAP is asking for an injunction restraining the defendants and their agents from extending any moratorium on the prohibition, as well as a perpetual injunction preventing any directive capable of hindering NAFDAC from enforcing the ban in line with its statutory duties.In its originating summons dated December 15, 2025,

SERAP argued that continued delay in enforcing the ban violates existing health and regulatory laws, as well as prior agreements supporting a nationwide prohibition of sachet alcohol.

The organisation maintained that sachet alcohol—often inexpensive, highly potent, and widely accessible—has contributed significantly to rising alcohol abuse, particularly among young people and low-income communities.

 

(NAFDAC DIRECTOR GENERAL PROF. MOJISOLA ADEYEYE)

 

 

By Biola Lawal
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has intensified crackdown on Unwholesome and fake products nationwide, sealing 18 warehouses in the past few days.

The warehouses, located in Bida, Niger State, were sealed following the discovery of large quantities of expired food and beverage products valued at over ₦100 million, a NAFDAC Statement signed by Sayo Akintola, the Agency’s Resident Media Consultant, disclosed.

According to the statement;
The warehouses, located around Ndazabo White House along Minna Road and behind Bida Modern Market, were shut after NAFDAC’s Investigation and Enforcement team acted on credible intelligence.

Items recovered during the raid included expired non-alcoholic beverages, dairy milk, candies, bottled water and pasta, some of which were already packaged for distribution.

NAFDAC said that about 80,000 packets of expired non-alcoholic drinks, 5,000 packets of dairy milk, 16,000 packets of bottled water, 28 cartons of pasta and other assorted expired products were uncovered during the operation.

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It said that Managers of the affected warehouses were arrested for interrogation, during which preliminary findings linked the facilities to a company identified as B.Y. Ventures.

”This prompted NAFDAC officials to extend their operation to supermarkets owned by the company in Minna, where additional expired products and counterfeit Goya oil were allegedly found,” it said.

”Both supermarkets were subsequently sealed, while the Managing Director of the company, Alhaji Yusuf Nadabo, was invited for further questioning,” NAFDAC said

NAFDAC said further that the Managing Director admitted ownership of the expired products during interrogation.

The Agency stated that investigations were ongoing and that appropriate regulatory sanctions would be imposed at the conclusion of the process to serve as a deterrent to others.

 

(NAFDAC Director General, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye)

 

– Vows that enforcement of Ban on Sachet Alcohol would not be comprised by external intimidations or misinformation

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(NAFDAC Lagos office, open and functioning)

– NAFDAC remains fully committed to its mandate of safeguarding public health and will continue to enforce all regulatory measures, including the ban on sachet alcohol.

 

By Biola Lawal
Lagos (FLOWERBUDNEWS): The Lagos office of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) remains open and is operating with all staff performing their without interruptions.

 

(NAFDAC DG, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye in action)

NAFDAC made the declaration in a statement on in Lagos Thursday, describing a Vanguard publication claiming closure of its Lagos office as ”false and misleading.”

”We categorically state that this report is false and misleading,” NAFDAC stated, explaining;”
protest, which occurred outside the NAFDAC premises, did not disrupt operations in any way.”

(NAFDAC Headquarters in Abuja)

 

”Our offices remain fully open, and all staff are carrying out their duties without interruption. Normal activities are ongoing, and there has been no shutdown of any kind,” the Agency said further in the statement, a copy of which was made available to FLOWERBUDNEWS.

NAFDAC remains fully committed to its mandate of safeguarding public health and will continue to enforce all regulatory measures, including the ban on sachet alcohol.

”Our offices remain fully open, and all staff are carrying out their duties without interruption. Normal activities are ongoing, and there has been no shutdown of any kind,” the Agency assured.

(NAFDAC Operatives in action)

 

The Agency assured Nigerians that it ”remains fully committed to its mandate of safeguarding public health and will continue to enforce all regulatory measures, including the ban on sachet alcohol.”

NAFDAC warned that the ”enforcement of this (alcohol ) ban remains active, and will not be compromised by any external actions or misinformation.’:

The Agency urged the public and media outlets to verify information before publication and to disregard any reports suggesting otherwise. (FLOWERBUDNEWS)

 

(NAFDAC Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye;  getting tougher against drug counterfeiters,  describes peddlers of fake drugs as ”agents of death”)

 

By Iyiola Olalere
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has uncovered what it described as one of the worst counterfeit medicine operations in recent years, seizing over 10 million doses of fake and banned drugs hidden in warehouses in Lagos State.

The agency said the illicit products, valued at over ₦3 billion, were recovered from multiple warehouse structures located around the Trade Fair–Navy axis of the state.

Briefing journalists in Lagos, NAFDAC’s Director of Investigation and Enforcement and Chairman of the Federal Task Force on Fake and Substandard Products, Martins Iluyomade, said the discovery followed intelligence gathered during a training meeting held on February 3.

“Acting on information from that meeting, our team visited the location and found multiple warehouse structures built like residential houses but used solely for storage,” Iluyomade said.

He noted that the area was largely deserted, which likely allowed the syndicate to operate undetected.

“The area is deserted, not somewhere people normally go, which is likely why they operated undetected,” he added.

According to the agency, large quantities of counterfeit injectable anti-malarials, antibiotics, sachet drugs, blister packs and banned medicines such as Analgin – prohibited in Nigeria for over 15 years – were discovered inside the warehouses.

Iluyomade described the find as alarming.

“What we discovered should make every Nigerian cry. These were not just fake vitamins. These were life-saving medicines – injections used in emergency cases like cerebral malaria. When fake injections are used in such situations, it becomes a death sentence,” he said.

He explained that the counterfeit products were so sophisticated that even manufacturers sometimes struggled to differentiate them from genuine ones.

“It is extremely difficult to distinguish the fake from the original. Even product owners sometimes struggle to tell the difference. That is how sophisticated these criminals have become,” he stated.

The agency disclosed that eight trailers loaded with assorted fake medicines and cosmetics were evacuated from the site.

“This is a major breakthrough for Nigeria and Nigerians. These products will not enter circulation,” Iluyomade said.

He described the operation as the handiwork of an international syndicate.

“They clone original products. They take samples of genuine medicines, reproduce them abroad to near perfection, and push them back into our distribution chain. This is organised crime involving collaborators both inside and outside Nigeria,” he said.

The NAFDAC official warned that counterfeiters driven purely by profit were posing a grave threat to public health.

“The country is under siege by people who want to make money at all costs — even if it means killing fellow citizens and destroying reputable brands,” he said.

He further revealed that some pharmaceutical manufacturers had complained about fake versions of their products circulating in the market for over six months. However, the criminals allegedly distribute the products in small batches to evade detection.

“If a drug is unusually cheap, don’t think you’ve found a bargain. It could cost you your life,” he warned.

 

 

– Refutes False Publication Claiming Suspension of Enforcement operations against Sachet Alcohol,

 

– The public is cautioned against dissemination of unverified information capable of causing misinformation, fake news and misinterpretation of government policy- Prof. Adeyeye

By Biola Lawal
Abuja (Flowerbudnews); The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has declared that the ongoing enforcement activities against sachet alcohol and 200ml PET bottle alcoholic products has not been suspended and is fully in Force.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, NAFDAC Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye described a publication claiming suspension as ”false, misleading, and does not reflect any official communication received by the Agency from the Federal Government.”

 

(NAFDAC DIRECTOR GENERAL, PROF MOJISOLA ADEYEYE)

 

The publication had alleged that the Federal Government has directed the Agency to suspend enforcement actions relating to the regulation of sachet alcohol and 200ml PET bottle alcoholic products

Prof. Adeyeye clarified that ‘at no time has the Agency received any formal directive ordering the suspension of its regulatory or enforcement activities in respect of sachet alcohol products.’:

”The said publication is false, misleading, and does not reflect any official communication received by the Agency from the Federal Government,” the DG stated.

She disclosed that in furtherance to the enforcement of the ban, ”NAFDAC has begun evacuating the violative satchet alcohol and alcohol in PET bottles less than 200 ml from different companies.”

The NAFDAC Boss added that the ”Agency has also observed that some companies have realized that the aim of NAFDAC is to protect children from easy access and are desisting from producing in these smaller pack sizes.”

She stressed that ”NAFDAC operates strictly within the ambit of its statutory mandate and in alignment with duly communicated Federal Government policies and directives.

‘:At no time has the Agency received any formal directive ordering the suspension of its regulatory or enforcement activities in respect of sachet alcohol products.

She reminded Nigerians of the recently published survey results which showed that about 50% of minors and underage patronize retailers of alcohol sold in sachets and PET bottles less than 200 ml.

Prof. Adeyeye assured that NAFDAC  ”remains committed to safeguarding public health, ensuring regulatory compliance, and carrying out its responsibilities transparently and in accordance with established laws and due process.,”

”Any decision affecting national regulatory actions will be communicated through official government channels, ” She added.

‘:NAFDAC therefore urges members of the public, industry stakeholders, and the media to disregard the false report and to rely only on verified information issued through the Agency’s official platforms and authorised government communication channels,” She said.

‘The Agency also cautions against the dissemination of unverified information capable of causing misinformation, fake news and misinterpretation of government policy.

”NAFDAC remains steadfast in its commitment to public health, economic stability, and national interest,” Prof. Adeyeye concluded in the statement she personally signed. (Flowerbudnews)