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Gbeminiyi Ogunleye
5 days ago
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- NAFDAC evacuates 140 tonnes of expired, unregistered drugs in Aba
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has evacuated 140 tonnes of expired and unregistered drugs from Aba to its office in Anambra.
The Deputy Director in charge of Investigation and Enforcement, NAFDAC Federal Taskforce, South South and South East states, Omoyeni Babatunji, disclosed this on Saturday.
Mr Babatunji, while briefing journalists about the agency’s operations in Aba, said more than 178 drug samples drawn from the operation would be subjected to laboratory investigation.
He said the 140 tonnes of expired drugs were evacuated from a warehouse in Umummeje, Umuocheala in Osisioma LGA, and excludes products from the Ariaria international market drug shops.
