The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday closed down two stores in Abuja for selling unapproved products to Nigerians. Shops are located at Zuba Central Motor Park and Utako Main Market.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of the unregistered products which are aphrodisiacs, include Hajiya Ayesha Snuff, AK47, Bulletproof, and Hajiya Aysha Maisanda.
Mr Tamanuwa Baba, deputy director of NAFDAC’s Office of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate said the operation followed intelligence reports received regarding the shops.
According to him-
“the products are meant to boost sexual performance and some were said to have been manufactured in Ghana.
“NAFDAC laboratory analysis indicates that these products contain a chemical substance called Pyridine which is a potentially harmful to the human body.
“We found a lot of unregistered products in the two shops. We will begin immediate investigations ”.
Baba said that the agency had apprehended the sales representative in the Zuba shop. However, this is pending when the owner of the shop will return from his journey.
“We will get in touch with the owner of the shop on where he is sourcing these products from, but from the label on the products, some of them were allegedly manufactured in Ghana.
“What the sellers are saying is that these products usually make them high and some said that the product is used as an aphrodisiac.
“After the investigation, these products are going to be destroyed because they have not been registered by us,” he said.
He said similar sets of products were also discovered in a shop in Utako.
CC: Daily Post Ng
