NAFDAC warns against consumption of fake drinks

A timely warning has come from the Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Moji Adeyeye,as she warned Nigerians against the consumption of fake and adulterated drinks, especially during the Christmas and new year seasons.

Adeyeye, who gave the warning when she featured at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja at the weekend .
She said the proliferation of fake and adulterated drinks, food and drugs in the country had affected the health of many Nigerians.

Adeyeye also urged Nigerians to stop patronising roadside drug stores, stressing that most of their storage facilities were poor and the medicines fake.

“Do not buy medicines in the corner store or just somebody that has a kiosk or hawks around. Go to a pharmacy store to buy medicine,”she added.