Fake and expired drugs worth over N200 Million have been confiscated by the Kano State Consumer Protection Council (KSCPC).
Baffa Babba Danagundi, the managing director of the council disclosed that the council made the confiscation following a raid on a building where the drugs are stored and repackaged.
Danagundi said the KSCPC raided the building on No. 37 Niger Street after tip off about the illegal activities carried out within the building.
He said some of the drugs confiscated have no NAFDAC Registration Number, while some have expired and repackaged before releasing them back into the market.
He warned that the Council will continue to do its best in riding the state of any form of fake, expired and unwholesome products that poses danger to the health of the people of the State.
Baffa Babba also called on the general public to be conscious of the drugs they consume as well as places they patronize to avoid purchasing expired and fake drugs which instead of getting relief, would lead to more complications.
Furthermore, he charged those with credible information to come forward as his doors are always open and ready to act on such information and there is always reward for patriotic citizens who feeds either the Council or KAROTA with information that leads to such arrest.
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