By Kamil Opeyemi
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Tuesday raided some shops in the Federal Capital Territory and Nasarawa State for allegedly selling unapproved products.
The shops raided by NAFDAC are located in Lugbe Car Wash, Tsaka Goja and Masaka in Nassarawa State.
Mr Ahmed Suleiman, NAFDAC Kaduna Unit, Assistant Chief Regulatory Officer, Investment and Enforcement, said the exercise was a routine exercise for the agency as part of curbing those involved in drug hawking.
According to him, the agency is determined to reduce hawking of unapproved products to a minimum level.
“The agency has directed that anyone caught will be arrested and properly persecuted,” he said.
Suleiman advised Nigerians to cease from patronising the people selling unapproved products.
He said that three suspects were apprehended and that they would be persecuted according to the agency’s directives while others absconded.
“We will continue to go round to arrest anyone involved in such acts,” he said.
Some of the unregistered products which are mostly aphrodisiacs are: “Hajiya Ayesha Snuff, AK47, Bulletproof and Hajiya Ayesha Maisanda among others.