The Nationwide Company for Meals and Drug Management and Regulate (NAFDAC) has reportedly destroyed seized counterfeit and substandard merchandise price N2.6 billion in Rivers State as a part of efforts to rid the rustic of infected meals merchandise.
The chairman of the Federal Process Drive on Counterfeit, Pretend Medication and Unwholesome Processed Meals in Nigeria, Dr Martins Iluyomade, disclosed this on behalf of NAFDAC’s Director-Common, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, on the destruction website online in Port Harcourt on Friday.
He mentioned the goods, which incorporated medications, tomatoes, cookies and chemical substances, have been intercepted and seized by way of the Nigeria Customs Provider at Onne Port between 2025 and 2026.
Iluyomade, who may be NAFDAC’s Director of Investigation and Enforcement, mentioned the workout demonstrated the company’s dedication to getting rid of counterfeit and pretend medication from the rustic.
He counseled the cooperation between NAFDAC and the Nigeria Customs Provider, which he mentioned had made the workout conceivable. He added that the method resulting in the destruction of the seized items started in 2025 and that the 2 businesses had signed a number of memoranda of working out to facilitate the workout.
“This gesture corroborates the prevailing excellent courting now we have between NAFDAC and Nigeria Customs Provider. Now we have an MoU signed, however now we have individuals who need to paintings in the back of the scenes to ensure that the MoU works,” he mentioned.
He mentioned the goods being destroyed incorporated expired tomatoes, cookies, medications and chemical substances, with their blended worth estimated at N2.6 billion.
Iluyomade described the workout as the primary section of the destruction, including that extra seized items could be destroyed within the coming days.