The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has confiscated at least 35 containers of tramadol after they were seized at various ports in the country.
Prof. Moji Adeyeye, the director-general, of the Agency confirmed the estacy clampdown while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday.
She further disclosed that 9 out of the seized containers of tramadol were released to NAFDAC by the Nigeria Custom Service, and had been destroyed by her agency.
She 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.”
Explaining the resason for the clampdown, Professor Adeyeye, claimed that the drug destroys children’s brain thereby threatening the future generation of the nation.
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