The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has taken delivery of substandard and falsified goods seized by the Nigeria Customs Service at Onne Port in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

The consignment included 11 containers of various unregistered or banned pharmaceutical products and four containers of unwholesome tomato paste.

Among the seized items were 1.3 million bottles of codeine syrup, a highly controlled prescription medicine, and 12.6 million tablets of tramadol, a highly addictive painkiller. Also listed were 9.3 million tablets of substandard and falsified branded diclofenac, a prescription drug used to treat osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Additionally, 280 packs of falsified Hyergra (sildenafil citrate), used in managing erectile dysfunction, and four containers of unregistered tomato paste were also confiscated.

Fake drugs, unwholesome food worth N20.5bn seized at Onne Port – P.M. News