By Uzor Odigbo
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has announced it would start pre-shipment analysis of drugs imported into Nigeria from China and India suspected to be the countries of origin of most fake and counterfeit drugs that are brought into the country.
The Federal Government agency in a statement issued in Abuja by the Resident Media Consultant, NAFDAC, Mr. Sayo Akintola, on behalf of the Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, hinted that the goods to be analysed include those especially from China and India.
The NAFDAC management maintained that the drive was with a view to curbing the menace of substandard drugs being imported into Nigeria.
The agency noted that it entered into partnership with pre-shipment agents in China and India in a bid to take the war against importation of illicit drugs to their countries of origin.
The organisation further declared that they are also partnering with Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), where it had seized tramadol with estimated street value of N1.7 trillion while unwholesome foods and other regulated products worth over N4 billion were seized and destroyed in exercises across the nation.