Ebola Update: NAFDAC begins check on fake sanitizers nationwide

Reports reaching us states that the National Agency for Food Drugs Administration & Control (NAFDAC), has commenced its investigation on fake hand sanitizers which may have found its way to the Pharmacy shops to extort innocent Nigerians of their hard earned morney and not yet protect them for the reason why it was purchased in the first place.

The Agency's Director of Special Duties, Mr
Abubakar Jimoh, disclosed this in an interview
with NAN in Abuja on Tuesday.
He said that the exercise would also involve a
check on the activities of persons with claims of
a cure for the Ebola disease.
The director said the Agency was aware of the
activities of counterfeiters and claimants who
had taken advantage of the Ebola outbreak to
sell fake products and to mislead Nigerians.
Jimoh added that the director-general of the
Agency had directed all its enforcement
officers nationwide to be more vigilant and to
check the circulation of fake products and
equipment related to Ebola prevention.
"We are conscious of the fact that
counterfeiters thrive when there is high
demand for any regulated product. They do a
lot of study and take advantage of the
desperation of the people in times of
emergency like we have with Ebola.
"So, NAFDAC as a regulatory agency has not
folded its arms, we know their methodology,
we already know the nuances of counterfeiters.
"The NAFDAC boss directed all NAFDAC
formations all over the country to be vigilant
and to watch out for fake hand sanitisers and
also claimants, because this is the time for
people to come up with fictitious claims either
for cure or prevention of Ebola."
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