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| Issac Adewole |
While speaking on the
development of the alleged importation of “Indian garri” in
the country in a statement on his Twitter handle, entitled 'On imported
garri, Pt 1 – NAFDAC', the Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole,
said the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC), has begun
investigations into the imported product.
The minister said 26
of the 500mg packets of the product, were seized after regulatory officials
visited the supermarket at Ikoyi on Monday, February 20, 2017.
Adewole Tweeted; "We
knew we had work to do, and Monday 20th we did. Our actions and findings are
outlined below:
"NAFDAC Officers
visited the Supermarket in Ikoyi today. 26 packets of 500mg each of the
products were seized for analysis.
"The product has
no NAFDAC number. The product is said to be from Ghana but packaged in UK.
"The Management
of the Supermarket have been invited for further discussion in our Lagos
office."
The Acting Director
General of NAFDAC, Mrs Yetunde Oni, who alerted Nigerians about the
development, urged Nigerians to stay away from the product because its
consumption portended health hazards, as the agency was yet to certify it fit
for consumption.
Oni, who spoke in
Ilorin at a one-day zonal campaign on current regulatory issues in the safe use
of drugs, animal feeds, pesticides and chemicals, said preliminary
investigation had revealed that the product was actually made in Ghana, and not
India as some reports earlier claimed, adding that it was packaged in the UK.
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