The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has impounded fake baby food and other products worth N3 million in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia.
The agency’s Chief Regulatory Officer, Aba Special Zone, Mr. Gabriel Ezeaguba, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba, added that other items seized include beverages, wines and hot drinks.
He said the items include expired cartons of SMA children formula 6x 900 grams, fake Milo drinks in the new name “Mama mma anu tea” meaning, “Mother I will drink tea,” produced with grounded cocoa cake.
The others are cartons of Ovaltine, Teco, sachets of Peak milk, Peak Choko, Vitalo drinks, Eva wines and ‘MacDowells’ preserved hot drinks.
Ezeaguba said, “Mama mma anu tea” was being produced by a man inside a plantain plantation at Uratta area along Port Harcourt Road, Aba, with installed machine and generator which had yet to be retrieved from the site.
He said that materials confiscated as exhibit included frying pans, bags and some other items.
He said that the SMA which expired in 2012 but changed to 2015 and other unwholesome products were being faked at Zone 9 of Cemetery Market and adjoining markets.
The chief regulatory officer said that NAFDAC had also sealed six stores in the markets, while the seized goods had been moved to its warehouse for safety and destruction.
“We have been working in silence but this particular one is so alarming that we want the consumers to be on the know.
“We have been on the raid of Cemetery market and some other adjoining markets for the past three to four weeks.
“About six stores were placed on hold, though we have evacuated the products, most of them are in our warehouse and investigation continues.”
Ezeaguba urged market leadership to assist the agency in the war against fake drugs, pointing out that consumption of such products could damage the liver and kidney of the consumers.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
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BREAKING NEWS: JONATHAN GRANTS AMNESTY TO BOKO HARAM.
Despet f insecurity, bombings and killings in parts of Nigeria might be coming to an end as President Goodluck Jonathan is said to have accepted to give the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, amnesty as has been requested by many Northern leaders.
A credible source told us that amnesty for Boko Haram has been accepted. The accord was said to have been struck at a meeting between Mr President and the leadership of the Northern Elders Forum at the presidential villa, Abuja, which lasted into the night.
Consequently, President Jonathan has summoned a security meeting with chiefs in the country, which will be held today at the presidential villa. They are to finalize the tactics for the amnesty. Also, a committee will be set up to oversee the process.
Present at the meeting were notable Northern leaders.
BREAKING NEWS! !Fire displaces 5,000 in Ogun community
The makeshift structures, opposite the cattle market, popularly called Zaria Estate, were razed, but no live was lost in the incident.
The fire, which eyewitnesses said began around 6.30pm, was said to have been caused by one of the residents, who was preparing a meal.
The fire reportedly caught one of the wooden rooms, and spread through fuels which some of the people stored in containers in their rooms.
Kola Akanmu, a supplier of water and drinks, who said he lost all his sources of livelihood including N100,000 cash said, “We thought we could easily put out the fire. All our effort was abortive as the inferno spread further. If I had known, I would have gone to evacuate my things. I am in deep trouble now because I don’t know what to tell people from whom I just got goods which I am yet to pay for.”
Another lady, simply called Hajia, who sells food, was said to have lost over N300,000 in the fire.
One Garba Yamzani, a resident, who spoke with our correspondent said, “I have lost all my property and goods. I don’t have anything again, except the cloth I am wearing.”
Kehinde Oriola, 37, who works with the popular DMT mobile toilet, was one of those who joined in the local effort to put out the fire...
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@ 24 u are still hustling 2 get
admission 4 1st degree! Cool
down!
Ur guy got a good job
immediately after NYSC, u are still
hustling 2 get 1 even after MSc.
Calm down!
Ur friends are getting married,
and all d guys/chics coming your
way seem 2 want just fling, Relax dear.
When your friends are getting
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despair, remain focus,
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sum1 else, the 1st to DEPART is
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is not as celebrated as the 1st to arrive tomorrow. Life
is about your own SAFETY, SUCCESS
and HAPPINESS. Be Patient,Smart,
Focused and God fearing.
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so good and pleasant to them.
Dont limit God in your mind by trying to
get things done by your self, let him know your waiting for him
and no one else, the more you try to do things by your self
the more your letting him know that he's not
able to do it for you.
God is awesome let him dance around your situation
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