NAFDAC Destroys N20bn Worth of Fake and Expired Products in Major South-West Crackdown

Reported by: Ijeoma G | Edited by: Henry Owen

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has carried out a large-scale destruction of counterfeit, expired, banned, and substandard products valued at N20 billion in the South-West region, marking one of its biggest waste-disposal operations in recent years.

The exercise, conducted at the Moniya Dumpsite in Ibadan, Oyo State, underscores the agency’s intensified efforts to protect public health by ensuring dangerous items are permanently removed from circulation. According to NAFDAC, the destroyed products included falsified medicines, unsafe processed foods, counterfeit cosmetics, and a wide variety of expired consumer goods seized from manufacturers, importers, distributors, and markets across the region.

Some expired and damaged products were also voluntarily submitted by responsible companies, NGOs, and trade groups as part of their compliance with regulatory standards.

Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, praised the growing synergy between the agency and law-enforcement partners, particularly the Nigeria Customs Service. She highlighted the recent handover to NAFDAC of 25 containers of counterfeit and substandard pharmaceuticals, including a reefer container, which were also earmarked for destruction.

Adeyeye acknowledged the cooperation of the Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Army, Department of State Services, Pharmacists Council of Nigeria, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in the ongoing national campaign against counterfeiters.

The DG reaffirmed NAFDAC’s commitment to safeguarding the health of Nigerians, warning that the circulation of unsafe products remains a major threat. The Ibadan destruction exercise, she noted, signals a sustained crackdown aimed at dismantling networks of producers and distributors of fake and dangerous products.

With N20 billion worth of hazardous items now eliminated, NAFDAC says it will intensify nationwide surveillance to prevent recurrence and ensure that only safe, quality-assured products reach consumers.

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