We Destroyed N1.7 trillion Tramadol in 2019, Says NAFDAC DG
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof Christianah Adeyeye, Monday said the agency destroyed tramadol which market value is N1.7trillion this year alone.
Adeyeye made the revelation during a stakeholders forum held in Lagos.
According to her, the agency in collaboration with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) will also destroy 24 containers of falsified medical products.
“Over 250 containers suspected to contain tramadol or unregistered Substandard and Falsified, SFs, medicines are undergoing examination before they are released for destruction.
“Tramadol destroys. When we got information about 21 containers of tramadol were coming to Nigeria, I was almost crying and asking what have we done to them to want to destroy our people? Tramadol alters the state of mind. It destroys families, it destroys workforce”.
She disclosed that since the return of NAFDAC to the port in May 2018, it has seized and destroyed some substandard drugs and food products worth N3 billion.
“We are trying to put back the systems that were destroyed for seven years that we were out of the port. Unfortunately, we cannot put back lives that were destroyed and killed.
“To curb SF and counterfeit medicines, NAFDAC has deployed multifaceted strategies including enforcement of regulation and control of APIs imported into the country to ensure they meet the required standards for manufacturing.”
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