NAFDAC clamps down on hawkers of illegal s3x enhancement drugs in Sokoto
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has arrested about 24 hawkers and retailers of unregistered aphrodisiacs in Sokoto.
Garba Adamu, the NAFDAC coordinator in Sokoto, made the disclosure on Wednesday while adding that it also impounded six vehicles and public address systems used in selling the products and some counterfeit medicines.
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Adamu further stated that consignments valued at about N2 million were seized in markets and on the streets of the Sokoto metropolis.
He noted that the items confiscated would be subjected to tests and persons involved would be sanctioned to serve as a deterrent to other peddlers.
Mr Adamu said that the exercise was in line with recent pronouncements by NAFDAC’s Director-General, Professor Moji Adeyeye, that hawking of herbal drugs under the scorching sun could cause decomposition of their active ingredients risking users’ health.
He enjoined members of the public to be wary of what they consumed and monitor any unregistered item; desist from patronising the products and hawkers so as to support NAFDAC in safeguarding their health.
According to him, the agency’s officials intensified surveillance and inspection in Sokoto and Kebbi states to ensure the quality of products and services.
He added that the operations would be sustained until the sector is sanitised and appealing to herbal medicine practitioners to always abide by government’s regulations in their practice and business in the interest of their patrons.
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