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The National Agency
for Food and drug Administration, NAFDAC, has begun investigations into
the alleged importation of "Indian garri" in the country, even as
Nigerians have been cautioned against consumption of the product.
Minister of Health,
Professor Isaac Adewole, who spoke on the development in a statement on
his twitter handle, entitled On imported garri, Pt 1 - NAFDAC, said 26
of the 500 mg packets of the product, were seized after regulatory
officials visited the supermarket at Ikoyi on Monday, February 20, 2017.
Also alerting
Nigerians about the development, the Acting Director General of NAFDAC,
Mrs Yetunde Oni, urged Nigerians to stay away from the product because
its consumption portended health hazards, as the agency was yet to
certify it fit for consumption.
Oni, who spoke in
Ilorin at a one-day zonal campaign on current regulatory issues in the
safe use of drugs, animal feeds, pesticides and chemicals, said
preliminary investigation had revealed that the product was actually
made in Ghana, and not India as some reports earlier claimed, adding
that it was packaged in the UK.
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