- Safiu Kehinde
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has confiscated 277 cartons of fake malaria drugs in Lagos raid.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on the agency’s official X ha doe on Friday.
According to the statement, the consignment of counterfeit and unregistered Malamal Forte malaria drugs, valued at over N1.2 billion, was intercepted in a warehouse located in the Ilasa-Oshodi area of the state.
NAFDAC disclosed 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.
In her remark, the agency’s Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, reaffirmed NAFDAC’s commitment, with the full support of the Presidency and Federal Ministry of Health, to eliminating counterfeit and substandard medicines from Nigeria.
The agency further described the seizure as part of its sustained nationwide operation to protect public health and ensure only safe, quality medicines are available to Nigerians.