The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has disclosed that the agency had impounded truckloads of unregistered and deadly products, including intoxicants, alcoholic bitters, and sex-enhancers.
Stressing that the unwholesome products were laced with psychoactive substances like tobacco, marijuana, cannabis, etc., she stated that arrests had been made on the owners of the products and their factories shut down in the South West (Lagos) and North (Zaria).
Meanwhile, she further disclosed that the products have the capacity to destroy the function of the brain, kidney and liver, and eventually cause death, she stated that three suspects (although they have been granted bail) were arrested in connection with the production and sales of the deadly drinks, with their factories shut down.
Hence, she urged consumers of NAFDAC regulated products to be watchful of drug, food and other regulated products they purchase and should not hesitate to report any suspicious activities within their environment to the nearest NAFDAC office.
Speaking during a briefing at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja, Prof. Adeyeye, said:
“Recently the agency has received a series of reports on the use of an herbal preparation popularly known as ‘Kurkura’ particularly in the South West and Northern axis of the country. The agency swung into action and carried out intelligence and enforcement action. We have commenced a nationwide crackdown of all illegal manufacturers and distributors of these herbal preparations with a view to bringing perpetrators to book and minimise the usage of the substance.
“The ‘Kurkura’ herbal preparations discovered in circulation included: Five Minutes Power Herbs Medicine, Haonu Laha Herbal Mixture, Gamzaki Tradomedical Herbal Ventures, Barakallahu Multipurpose Herbal Mixture, Sabon Karfi Herbal Mixture. Among the above, only Haonu Laha Herbal Mixture is registered, nonetheless it is laced with unapproved substances that are injurious to the body.”
