The National Agency for Food, Drug
Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says it impounded counterfeit and
fake drugs worth N2 billion in 2009, the Agency’s Director-General,
Paul Orhii, said on Monday in Port Harcourt at a stakeholders forum
organised by NAFDAC.

He said there was a resolve by the agency to tackle the issue of fake and counterfeit drugs in the country.

Mr. Orhii said some of the impounded products had been destroyed while some suspects were being tried.

The agency, he said, had declared zero tolerance for fake and
counterfeit drugs, unwholesome processed foods and other substandard
regulated products.