{"id":80517,"date":"2025-12-18T17:04:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T17:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=80517"},"modified":"2025-12-18T17:04:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T17:04:37","slug":"nafdac-intensifies-crackdown-destroys-%e2%82%a655-4bn-fake-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/12\/18\/nafdac-intensifies-crackdown-destroys-%e2%82%a655-4bn-fake-products\/","title":{"rendered":"NAFDAC Intensifies Crackdown, Destroys \u20a655.4bn Fake Products"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Oso Abidemi\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has intensified its nationwide enforcement drive with the destruction of fake, expired, banned and substandard drugs, foods and other regulated products valued at \u20a655.4 billion in Ibadan, Oyo State.<\/p>\n

The large-scale destruction exercise took place on Thursday at the Moniya Dumpsite and was flagged off by the Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Christiana Mojisola Adeyeye.<\/p>\n

She was represented by the Deputy Director, Pharmaceutical Division, Investigation and Enforcement Directorate, Lagos, Pharm. Florence Ubah.<\/p>\n

Adeyeye described the exercise as a critical component of NAFDAC\u2019s mandate to safeguard public health and sanitise Nigerian markets, stressing that the agency remains resolute in its fight against substandard and falsified products.<\/p>\n

\u201cNAFDAC has been charged with the responsibility of ensuring that the health of every Nigerian is safeguarded. This destruction exercise is a key strategy aimed at preventing expired, substandard and falsified medical products, as well as other unsafe and unwholesome regulated items, from being reintroduced into the market,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

According to the agency, the items destroyed included substandard and falsified medicines, unwholesome processed foods and additives, unsafe cosmetics, counterfeit products, chemicals and other expired NAFDAC-regulated items seized from manufacturers, importers and distributors across the country.<\/p>\n

Adeyeye disclosed that the destruction also covered damaged and expired products voluntarily submitted by over 70 compliant companies, non-governmental organisations and trade unions, describing the gesture as a positive sign of growing awareness and shared responsibility among stakeholders.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis voluntary compliance is commendable and reflects a collective resolve to protect Nigerians from harmful products,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n

The Director General revealed that the estimated street value of the destroyed items stood at \u20a655,436,844,470, underscoring the magnitude of the illegal trade in fake and substandard products and the serious threat they pose to public health and safety.<\/p>\n

She expressed appreciation to sister security and regulatory agencies for their collaboration, including the Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria Customs Service, Nigerian Army, Department of State Services, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Adeyeye emphasised that the fight against fake and unsafe products could not be won by NAFDAC alone and called on religious and community leaders, health professionals, the media and the general public to intensify advocacy and public enlightenment.<\/p>\n

She urged Nigerians to avoid patronising quacks and unlicensed dealers, assuring that NAFDAC would continue to strengthen surveillance, enforcement and stakeholder engagement nationwide.<\/p>\n

The exercise, witnessed by government officials, industry stakeholders and the media, sent a strong signal of the Federal Government\u2019s zero tolerance for fake and substandard products, as NAFDAC sustains efforts to protect lives and restore public confidence in regulated goods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Oso Abidemi\u00a0 The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has intensified its nationwide enforcement drive with the destruction of fake, expired, banned and substandard drugs, foods and other regulated products valued at \u20a655.4 billion in Ibadan, Oyo State. The large-scale destruction exercise took place on Thursday at the Moniya Dumpsite […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":80518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-80517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80517"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80519,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80517\/revisions\/80519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}