The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed two Chinese supermarkets located at number 40 Mike Akhigbe Way, Jabi and number 61, Ebitu Ukiwe Street, also in Jabi, in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Penpushing reports that statement by the agency head of investigation and enforcement Embugushiki-Musa Godiya, explained that the supermarkets were sealed for selling goods allegedly not approved in the country.
The statement added that eight other shops were put on hold at the Wuse market for selling aphrodisiac sex enhancement pills, as well as found to be selling body enlargement creams and drugs for the breasts and buttocks, including other toxic substances produced with dangerous chemicals.
Penpushing further reports that Godiya during the enforcement operation, said the exercise was in response to consumer complaints, disclosing that the market value of the products seized during the raids is about N170 million.
The head of investigation and enforcement added that the sellers of the products had declared themselves doctors and pharmacists prescribing drugs for unsuspecting Nigerians.
“They also have some of these products they popularly call kayanmata oil. These people formed a market in banking premises. The agency got the complaint, and we cannot be here and allow such a thing to happen’, he said.
“We responded to that consumer complaint; we visited the place, and we raided quite a number of shops carrying all manner of unapproved products by NAFDAC’, the statement emphasised
Penpushing also reports that Godiya on the closure of Chinese supermarkets, pointed out that the agency also acted on intelligence gathered from concerned citizens that some supermarkets belong to some foreign nationals.
The agency boss said that the foreign nationals were said to have brought into Nigeria certain items, most of which were food items, and were labelled in Chinese without any English translation.
Penpushing reports that he said the action was in violation of agency labelling regulation, adding that those supermarkets operated without approval from National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
“We have seized all the offending items we found in the supermarkets. In one of the places that we could not evacuate all the items we found we placed the whole warehouse on hold; we have invited the owner for further investigation. We cannot guarantee the safety and the quality of these products, NAFDAC has not evaluated, assessed or analysed them’, he stated
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