The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has inaugurated a seven-member task force in Kano State to tackle the circulation of fake, counterfeit, and unwholesome food products and drugs.
Speaking at the event, the Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, described the initiative as a strategic move to strengthen enforcement against substandard regulated products and protect public health.
Adeyeye,  represented by the NAFDAC Director, North-West Zone, Kaduna, Fraden Nantim-Mullah, said the task force would operate under the agency’s Investigation and Enforcement Directorate as a federal operational arm.
She warned that counterfeit drugs and unsafe foods pose serious public health risks, undermine confidence in the healthcare system, and threaten national development and economic stability if not decisively addressed.
The DG explained that the task force would undertake intelligence gathering, surveillance, enforcement operations, seizure of illegal products, arrest and prosecution of offenders, as well as public sensitization to curb the spread of fake products.
Also speaking, the Kano State Secretary to the Government, Umar Ibrahim, said the constitution of the task force was necessary to address the rising cases of drug abuse and circulation of counterfeit products in the state.

 

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