National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has seized a total of 35 containers of tramadol at various ports in Nigeria.
Moji Adeyeye, the Director General said this on Sunday as she spoke to some journalists.
She added that nine out of the seized containers of tramadol were released to NAFDAC by the Nigeria Custom Service (NCS), and had been destroyed by her agency.
Quoting as said:
“We are seriously working with the custom on this and each time they seize any container, they usually invite us to come and see the containers with tramadol.
“So far, 35 containers were seized and only nine of them have been handed over to NAFDAC which we have destroyed”, Adeyeye stated.
But, the NAFDAC boss is concerned about the delay of custom in handing over the rest of the containers to the agency.
The NAFDAC boss stated that tramadol was a restricted drug but had been abused by Nigerian youths who use it without prescription.
According to Ms Adeyeye, the drug destroys children’s brain thereby threatening the future generation of the nation.
The director general said the agency was more determined and committed than ever to stem the menace of illicit and fake drugs in the country.
To corroborate this story, it can be recalled that in May ending the BBC Africa’s eye did an investigative story on “sweet sweet codeine” to reveal on how the abuse of such drugs send Nigerian youths to rehabilitation centres in spite of the adverse effects.
Shortly after, the Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health directed the
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to immediately cease the importation of codeine.
