By Abba Gwale
Kano State Consumer Protection Council (KSCPC) on Monday confiscated fake and expired drugs worth over N200 Million.
This is contained in a statement signed by KAROTA/KSCPC Information Officer, Nabulisi Abubakar Kofar Na’isa, where he said “the council under the leadership of Hon. Dr. Baffa Babba Dan’agundi, who doubles as the Managing Director KAROTA, made the seizure following a raid on a building where the drugs are stored and repackaged.
According to him the joined team raided the building on No. 37 Niger Street after tip off about the illegal activities carried out within the building.
He said, some of the drugs confiscated have no NAFDAC registration number, while some have expired and were repackaged before releasing them back into the market.
The Managing Director called on the general public to be conscious of the drugs they consume as well as places they patronize to avoid purchasing expired and fake drugs which, instead of getting relief, would lead to more complications.
Baffa warned that the Council will continue to do its best in ridding the state of any form of fake, expired and unwholesome products that pose danger to the health of the people of the State.
Furthermore, he charged those with credible information to come forward as his doors are always open and ready to act on such information and there is always a reward for patriotic citizen who feeds either the Council or KAROTA with information that lead to such arrests.
