The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Monday seized unregistered and expired aphrodisiacs and other drugs worth N20 million at the Sabon Gari Market, Zaria, Kaduna State.
The agency made the seizures during a raid in 26 shops at the Sabon Gari market in Zaria LGA of the state.
Other drugs seized are microgynon (meant to be distributed free to Internally Displaced Persons – IDPs) and oxytocin (injection for lactating women) which require specific temperatures to be stored but were found in the open.
Addressing newsmen after the raid on the market, the Deputy Director, Investigation and Enforcement Directorate of NAFDAC in Kaduna, Tamanuwa Andrew, said the continuous exercise was aimed at ridding markets of substandard and falsified medicines.
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He noted that falsified, expired and substandard medicines posed great challenges to the entire world. (NAN)
