NAFDAC says it has destroyed fake, adulterated, expired and banned products worth more than ₦8 billion across Nigeria’s North-Central region. The agency reports that the items were seized from sources including manufacturing facilities, markets, shops and motor parks, and that most of the destroyed products were sachet alcoholic beverages.
The destruction took place in Lafia, Nasarawa State, on Thursday. NAFDAC officials link the crackdown to concerns about abuse of cheap, widely available alcohol among young people and schoolchildren, and they warn of health impacts such as harm to the brain, liver and kidneys, as well as poor academic performance. Outlets also say NAFDAC confiscated other unwholesome items such as counterfeit or substandard food products, medicines and cosmetics as part of regulatory activities.
Across the reports, the core details—NAFDAC’s destruction exercise, the location, the value of the seized goods, and the emphasis on banned sachet alcohol—are consistent. Differences are mainly in additional background on why the sachet-bottle ban exists and what specific health and social consequences officials highlight.
