The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Friday announced that it has seized fake Malaria drugs worth N1.2bn during a raid in Lagos State.
NAFDAC on its official Facebook page disclosed that the drugs were intercepted in the Ilasa-Oshodi area of Lagos state.
“NAFDAC has intercepted 277 cartons of counterfeit and unregistered Malamal Forte malaria drugs, valued at over N1.2 billion, in a warehouse located in the Ilasa-Oshodi area of Lagos State,” the agency wrote.
The agency further stated that the fake drugs, which were concealed in cartons labelled as Diclofenac Potassium 50mg, were illegally imported from Shanxi Tianyuan Pharmaceuticals Group in China, and that they were falsely declared as spare parts in the shipping container.
Reacting, the NAFDAC Director-General, Mojisola Adeyeye, affirmed the Agency’s commitment to eliminating counterfeit and substandard medicines from Nigeria.
She further stated that this seizure is part of NAFDAC’s sustained nationwide operation to protect public health and ensure only safe, quality medicines are available to Nigerians.
