By Ephraim Emmanuel
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed expired donated medications and medical consumables valued at ₦59 million in Rivers State.
The destroyed items, which included depressants and various medical consumables, were imported into Nigeria from the United States. They were intercepted at the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Area 1 Port in Port Harcourt, through a joint operation by NAFDAC personnel and Nigeria Customs Service officials.
Speaking during the destruction exercise at the Igwuruta dump site along the Eneka–Igwuruta Road in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, the NAFDAC Director for the South-South Zone, Chukwuma Oligbu, highlighted the agency’s resolve to safeguard public health.
Oligbu stated that the disposal exercise reflects the agency’s ongoing commitment, under the leadership of Director-General Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, to protect citizens from unsafe products and ensure all medicines circulated in the country adhere to strict standards of quality, safety,
