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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has revealed that it has destroyed fake, adulterated and unregistered food, drug and cosmetic products worth about N2.7 billion seized in the South-East.
The Director-General of NAFDAC, Mojisola Adeyeye, in a brief remark during the exercise in Enugu stated that the products would have compromised the health of over three million people.
Represented by a Director of the South-East Zone, Martins Iluyomade, the DG lamented that the products would have increased the health burden on the already overstretched health institutions in the country, while also stressing that the products would have increased the poverty rate by making people spend money they should use to improve their livelihoods on medical trips.
The DG expressed concerns that several people have met their untimely death due to the consumption of poisons, stressing that the event was to signal to the people of the South-East that it is no longer business as usual to merchants of death, who are hell bent on destroying other people for their own selfish economic gain.
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has reacted to the increase in petrol prices stating that Small and Medium Scale Enterprises would be particularly affected thereby leading to scale down operations or complete shut down. The Director General of MAN, Segun Kadir disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday. According to him, the hike in Premium motor spirit will result in high operational costs in terms of transport […]
Wives of Nigeria Governors Forum have resolved to keep up the fight against sexual and gender-based violence in their various states. This was contained in a communiqué issued after a closed-door meeting at the Centenary City, New Government House, Abakaliki, on Thursday, which was read by their Chairperson and First […]
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