The Director-General of the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, don raise the alarm say people dey threaten her life and the safety of agency staff, den she come call on authorities to protect them as dem dey carry out their duties.
Wen Prof. Adeyeye dey yarn for one State House briefing for the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday, she come talk say NAFDAC recently seize illicit drugs wen worth more than N1 trillion for one ongoing crackdown against substandard and fake pharmaceutical products.
She come talk say the agency tight enforcement efforts don lead to the seizure of 87 truckloads of banned, expired, and substandard medical products.
Among the items wen dem seize na USAID- and UNFPA-donated antiretroviral drugs, male and female condoms, and other compromised medical supplies.