“NAFDAC and fake wine producers” – Nigerian Tribune Editorial
Recently, National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control NAFDAC don uncover factories for the popular Cemetery Market for Aba, Abia State, where dem dey produce fake wines and fizzy drinks. Dem find say shops full with products wey dem don spoil from different brands. Also, dem don carry ten people wey dey suspect go arrest, plus dem talk sey make dem lock the market temporally. Di Director for South-East zone of the agency, Martins Iluyomade, yan say dem take action based on tori wey concerned citizens give dem about how fake products dey the market.
Him talk say, ‘Wetin dey happen here worse pass Boko Haram own. We see how many shops turn to places wey dem dey fake wines and expensive drinks, and dem dey change dates for products wey expire.
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Four long vehicles no fit carry everything wey we seize for this market. Dat one show say the volume of fake products plenty. No be small health wahala we go get for this country. E funny sey we dey use our money buy this kind evil. Our DG dey determined to clear fake products from our markets.’
After dem raid, NAFDAC DG, Mojisola Adeyeye, talk say the bad things wey dem dey do for the market don dey happen for long. Also, the people wey dey behind am dey operate like cartel and dey threaten anybody wey wan challenge dem. She talk say, ‘We destroy over 1500 cartons of the fake and substandard products during the operation, and 300 cartons wey we save, we carry am go NAFDAC warehouse. Di total value for street of the fake products wey dem seize and destroy na more than N750 million. We arrest ten people for di scene of the crime and after we finish investigation, we go carry dem go court.
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