The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, on Thursday, destroyed fake, adulterated and unregistered food, drug and cosmetic products worth about N2.7 billion seized in the South-East.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the products were burnt at the Enugu State refuse dumpsite in Ugwuonyeama in Enugu.
In a brief remark during the exercise, the Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said that the products would have compromised the health of over three million people.
Adeyeye, represented by a Director of the South-East Zone, Mr Martins Iluyomade, said that the products “would have increased the health burden on the already overstreched health institutions in the country”.
According to her, the products would have increased the poverty rate by making people spend money they should use to improve their livelihoods on medical trips.
“It is also pertinent to know that several people have met their untimely death due to the consumption of these poisons.
Adeyeye assured that NAFDAC will not rest on its oars until every household in the country can buy any regulated product without fear of substandard, adulteration or fake.
