The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has confiscated fake malaria drugs valued at N1.2 billion in Lagos State.
NAFDAC made this revelation in a statement on Friday, stressing that the drugs were seized in the Ilasa-Oshodi area of the South-West 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 fake drugs, which were concealed in cartons labelled as Diclofenac Potassium 50mg, were illegally imported from Shanxi Tianyuan Pharmaceuticals Group in China. They were falsely declared as spare parts in the shipping container,” the statement said.
Following the seizure, the NAFDAC Director-General, Mojisola Adeyeye, affirmed the agency’s commitment, with the full support of the Presidency and Federal Ministry of Health, to eliminating counterfeit and substandard medicines from Nigeria.
“This seizure is part of NAFDAC’s sustained nationwide operation to protect public health and ensure only safe, quality medicines are available to Nigerians,” the agency added.
