NAFDAC destroys N59m expired donated medicines in Rivers

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has destroyed expired donated medicines valued astatine N59 cardinal astatine the Igwuruta dumpsite on the Eneka-Igwuruta Road successful Rivers State.

NAFDAC said the medicines were brought into Nigeria from the United States done the Nigerian Ports Authority Area 1 Port successful Port Harcourt, wherever they were intercepted by the agency’s inspectors moving with officials of the Nigeria Customs Service.

The expired products were contained successful a 40-foot instrumentality and included antidepressants, anti-ulcer drugs, painkillers, hypertension medicines and aesculapian consumables.

Speaking during the demolition workout on Sunday, NAFDAC Director for the South-South Zone, Chukwuma Oligbu, said the workout demonstrated the agency’s commitment, nether the enactment of its Director-General, Professor Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye, to protecting Nigerians and ensuring that medicines successful the state conscionable required standards of quality, information and effectiveness.

Oligbu acknowledged the value of donated medicines successful supporting healthcare transportation but stressed that products that expire oregon go unsuitable for u...