The National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control(NAFDAC) has said that it destroyed fake, expired, substandard drugs worth N4.7 billion in Rivers.
The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Christiana Adeyeye, made the remark during the destruction exercise at the Rivers state dump site in Port Harcourt on Friday.
Adeyeye, represented by Mr Chukwuma Oligbu, the NAFDAC Director, South-South Zone, explained that the products were all seized from the six states of the South-South region.
The states are Rivers, Bayelsa. Edo, Delta, Akwa Ibom and Cross River.
She stated that the investigation, enforcement and destruction exercise was an unwavering resolve and commitment of the agency to protect the lives of the people.
