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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has removed 140 tonnes of expired and unregistered drugs from Aba to its office in Anambra.

Mr. Omoyeni Babatunji, the Deputy Director responsible for Investigation and Enforcement at the NAFDAC Federal Taskforce for South South and South East states, shared this information on Saturday.

While briefing the press about the agency’s activities in Aba, Babatunji explained that over 178 drug samples collected during the operation would undergo laboratory analysis.

He mentioned that the 140 tonnes of expired drugs were taken from a warehouse in Umummeje, Umuocheala in the Osisioma Local Government Area, excluding products from the drug shops in the Ariaria International Market.

Babatunji also revealed that two additional warehouses on No. 269 Sam Mbakwe Road, formerly Faulk’s Road, Aba, containing expired drugs, had been discovered.

He said that NAFDAC staff found that the suspects had removed some cartons of expired drugs that had been re-labelled before the warehouse was uncovered. They then went to bring in security to secure the location.

The NAFDAC deputy director, who showed reporters around the newly discovered warehouses of expired products, stated that the evacuation of the drugs would begin Saturday evening.

He emphasized that recent findings of expired products being re-labelled and distributed to markets had intensified the call for a Drug Warehouse Wholesale Control Centre (CWC) in Aba.

He said “this activity is a drive toward the achievement of Wholesale Control Centres, CWCs, as NAFDAC is now on ML3 or what we call Maturity Level 3 of the World Health Organisation, WHO.

“All these our activities are derived from global benchmarking tools for regulatory activities and coordinated warehouse system is part of it so we can regulate and control those drugs.

“And NAFDAC has been engaging state governors of Abia and Anambra, where those centres are located, pushing for the establishment of the CWC warehouse system.”

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