Nafdac: Fake products everywhere in Nasarawa

By ABEL DANIEL
THE Nasarawa State new unit head of the National Agency for Food, Drug  and Administration and Control(NAFDAC),  Mr. Martins Iluyomade, while on their regular mopping,  has revealed that most supermarket  operators in the state, particularly in Lafia, sell  either fake or expired regulated products.

Iluyomade, who spoke to Sunday Vanguard  in Lafia, said the agency,  since his assumption of
office,  had carried out massive mopping of fake and expired NAFDAC regulated products in supermarkets as a result of reports by members of the public. “All the supermarkets we visited in Lafia are either selling fake or expired products which are dangerous for consumption”. he said.

According to Iluyomade,  ”some of the owners of the supermarkets owned up and said they didn’t know the products were fake. They were even happy with us because the agency opened their eyes to the discovery. We are going to continue to embark on seizure of all the products that fail NAFDAC
standard. We are doing that in line with our mission to safeguard the health of Nigerians”.

He urged members of the public to follow strictly the agency’s slogan which says “shine your eyes” when buying consumables like drugs, packaged food, sachet or table water, bread or cosmetics. The NAFDAC unit head encouraged members of the public to look out for NAFDAC registration number, date marking which indicates the manufacture and expiring dates, address of manufacturer, batch number.

“Those are NADFAC regulations”, Iluyomade  said.
“Investigations are ongoing on those products we have seized. We hope to expand the same exercise to all the nooks and crannies of Nasarawa. We are also working fast on how to intensify on public awareness in the state. The agency is working on how to ensure our activities become more pronounced in Karu, Akwanga, Keffi where the bulk of the work is,”he stated.