The company additionally arrested two suspects over the alleged unlawful storage, distribution, and sale of banned chemicals within the state.
The Deputy Director of NAFDAC’s Investigation and Enforcement Directorate, Emmanuel Andrew, disclosed this throughout an enforcement operation in Kano on Thursday.
He stated the operation was a part of efforts to implement the ban on Paraeforce, generally often called Paraquat, which the company prohibited in 2022 due to its dangerous results on human well being and the atmosphere.
He defined that the chemical can stay within the soil and contaminate the atmosphere, significantly water sources, thereby creating severe dangers to public well being.
Andrew stated NAFDAC started imposing the ban in January 2024, including that the quantity of prohibited chemicals found in the course of the newest operation was alarming.
He disclosed that the enforcement crew inspected greater than 10 warehouses and located suspected unlawful merchandise in a number of areas.
At Panisau, the company sealed a warehouse after discovering managed chemicals suspected for use within the manufacturing of illicit medicine.
Another property at Jaba, allegedly used for the unlawful manufacturing and repackaging of chemicals, was additionally shut down.
The director stated, “Investigators recovered cartons of chemicals linked to firms working in Lagos and the Niger Republic, alongside a sealing machine and different packaging supplies.”
He added that enforcement actions would proceed till all unlawful shares had been eliminated.
In one other operation, NAFDAC sealed a warehouse and arrested two folks, together with its proprietor, after discovering 2,983 cartons of Paraeforce merchandise price greater than N200 million.
The crew additionally discovered over 8,000 cartons of Crownquat, one other Paraquat-based product containing 2.76 grammes of Paraquat dichloride, valued at greater than N360 million.
A amount of Chlorpyrifos, one other chemical banned by the company, was additionally found.
Andrew stated all of the affected warehouses had been sealed and their house owners could be invited for additional investigation.
In addition, the company seized 183 cartons of unregistered Dynewell syrup imported from Ghana. The merchandise had been found in an unfinished constructing within the Sharada space of Kano metropolis.
He warned Nigerians in opposition to shopping for, utilizing, or distributing prohibited chemicals, stressing that publicity to Paraquat could possibly be deadly as a result of there isn’t any recognized antidote.
Andrew assured the general public that NAFDAC would proceed its enforcement operations to guard human well being and the atmosphere.
