The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Port Harcourt 2 Area Command, Onne, has handed over 16 containers loaded with illicit pharmaceutical products, valued at over N20.5bn, to officers of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
Customs, NAFDAC and the Fight that Matters
By Abdulsalam Mahmud
There is no overstating the damage that fake and substandard drugs have inflicted on lives in Nigeria. Across local markets and roadside pharmacies, harmful products still find their way into homes, silently wreaking havoc. These are...
Customs Integrates FIRS, CBN, Others into B’Odogwu Platform to Boost Trade
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has integrated the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Federal Ministry of Finance, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), and other key stakeholders in the trade value chain of...
Customs Intercepts N921bn Medicaments, Others at Apapa Port
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, has raised the alarm over the increasing presence of unregistered pharmaceutical products in different markets across the country, insisting that the dangers associated with its consumption...
Customs Delivers Seized Containers of Expired Drugs to NAFDAC
The Nigeria Customs Service, Kirikiri Lighter Terminal Command, said it handed over nine containers of expired pharmaceuticals to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control.
The Customs Area Controller in charge of the command,...
The resurgence of counterfeit drugs in Nigeria is not just a health crisis; it is a national emergency. Despite past victories in combating the illicit drug trade.
