Counterfeiting of anti-malaria drugs has reduced from 19.6 percent to 3.6 percent in Nigeria, Director Special Duties, National Agency of Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Dr. Abubakar Jimoh disclosed. Jimoh made the disclosure during an enlightenment campaign at the Malkohi IDPs camp in Yola Saturday. Jimoh who represented the Director General of NAFDAC Dr. Paul Orhii noted that the feat was achieved following the deployment of cutting edge technology adding that his organisation deemed it fit to take their campaigns to IDP camps in order to bring safety awareness to the inhabitants.He noted that to enhance the fight against counterfeiting of drugs, his organization has stepped up synergy with national and international agencies and is vigorously building the capacity of its staff. Jimoh added that as a result of the seriousness of the leadership of the organization leading to phenomenal successes, the organization has been placed in the map of the most respected drug and food administrators in the world noting that it was among the first 20 most respected food and drugs administrators in the world. He noted that the effort has being yielding high premium leading to the confiscation of counterfeit drugs worth N5 billion in Lagos recently.
Source:Leadership Online
