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00:00:52Hello there, it's a great pleasure to welcome you to this
00:00:56episode of navda can your health. This is the program where we
00:01:00bring you insightful information about NAFDAX's
00:01:03activities aimed at safegarding the health
00:01:05of the nation. My name is
00:01:08opejami. On today's episode of
00:01:11NAFDAC and your health, we will
00:01:14of present an
00:01:15of overview
00:01:15of the achievements of NAFdak across all sectors
00:01:19within the scope of its regulatory
00:01:21a perview.
00:01:22of We will be starting off with the impact
00:01:24of the 5 plus5 policy and the successes recorded in
00:01:28all areas of dark regulatory
00:01:31activities.
00:01:36One
00:01:36of the various policies of Nafdak under the leadership of Professor
00:01:40Mojisola Adeyeye is a 5 plus5
00:01:44policy that has significantly enhanced increase in
00:01:48local pharmaceutical production and the stakeholders in the
00:01:52industry have continued to commend
00:01:54professor for the initiative.
00:01:58Ackulates were once again. reigned on the Navdak DG for
00:02:02this development at the eighth edition
00:02:04of the Nigerian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Expo that took place
00:02:08in Lagas recently. Speaking at the conference, the
00:02:12Minister of State for Health, Federal Ministry of Health and Social
00:02:16of Welfare, Dr.
00:02:17in Isaak Salako, loaded the development that has occurred in
00:02:21the
00:02:21of local pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, commending
00:02:25professor Mujisola Adeyeyi for the
00:02:28initiative. first let me confirm
00:02:31that my presence here today is not only to
00:02:35endorse, it's also
00:02:37of to come out and appreciate what PG man is
00:02:40doing,
00:02:44as
00:02:45of we know, without
00:02:47production
00:02:49no country can really move forward,
00:02:53and so for us in the health sector, the
00:02:57manufacturing arm in the health sector, is very,
00:03:01very
00:03:02of important, of whatever reform that we do
00:03:06without this very important group of
00:03:10of players, we cannot make any progress
00:03:13and of course
00:03:15of over the last three and half four years this
00:03:18particular group has killed in very, very
00:03:22frontally to the reform agenda of
00:03:24presidentubu and you had it yourself being
00:03:28of realed out how have moved from about
00:03:32of 70/30 to almost 50/50 in terms
00:03:36of export and import or pharmaceutical products into
00:03:39Nigeria, how the
00:03:43pharmaceutical industry base has grown from about
00:03:46180 in 2023 to over
00:03:49200 in 2026, and
00:03:53how Nafdak has been consistent in
00:03:57maintaining our recognition. and
00:04:00evaluation by WHO and how we are moving in that trajectory
00:04:04to our maturity level f. speaking earlier, the
00:04:08Navdak director general, professor Mujisola Adeyeyi
00:04:12explained the strategies adopted by her administration
00:04:16in NAFDAQ to activate the idol capacity
00:04:20of the local pharmaceutical manufacturing
00:04:22industry. We did a
00:04:25survey, I believe 2018, late
00:04:292018. and we found out that most
00:04:32of the or the top 20 let's
00:04:35say imported products are
00:04:37also the top 20 products that are
00:04:42a manufactured locally,
00:04:44of at that point the idol capacity of
00:04:48many
00:04:50of manufacturers was about 50 to
00:04:5460%, meaning time when they don't use
00:04:57the equipment this was before the
00:05:00pandemic, another
00:05:04story that I'm going to tell is uh in
00:05:082020 or late 2019
00:05:11just... before the pandemic
00:05:15or at the beginning the pandemic,
00:05:19everybody was calling navd for
00:05:22vaccines, when are we going to get
00:05:25vaccines? it
00:05:27was a it was lot of
00:05:30pressure. i also remember as member
00:05:34of international coalition of medicine regulatory
00:05:37agencies (ICMR),
00:05:41we are meeting every... week or every two weeks
00:05:43and all regulatory agencies across the world will
00:05:47say, oh, not not all, many, we say, we have gotten our
00:05:51own vaccines, or we just got our vaccines,
00:05:55many these are from advanced countries, and
00:05:59they will say, moji, when are you going to get your
00:06:01vaccines? it was a
00:06:04shame, i have, i had no
00:06:06answer, our
00:06:08manufacturers were...
00:06:14not just for vaccines, but for all
00:06:17medicines, so that will be the second
00:06:21story, the third
00:06:24story is what we started
00:06:28in 2019,
00:06:315 + 5, as result the
00:06:35question, why are we importing what we can
00:06:39make? we started 5 plus 5. but nobody
00:06:43heard of us
00:06:46outside the regulatory and the manufacturing
00:06:50industry until
00:06:52presidentubu came up, the
00:06:56gains that we have attained from
00:07:00regulatory and industry were not
00:07:03brought to the
00:07:04surface. I
00:07:07remember many
00:07:10fora. in terms of
00:07:13how stretched our manufacturers have
00:07:16been, because the only thing they can, they don't
00:07:20import is water, and even that water has to be
00:07:24treated very
00:07:26well, our
00:07:29manufacturers are patriots,
00:07:32nigerian farmer manufacturers are
00:07:35patriots, because they could
00:07:38easily, they could easily have given up.
00:07:43and i was going around, let us give
00:07:46in, we don't make
00:07:48anything, let us give these
00:07:51manufacturers a
00:07:53break,
00:07:56until presidentubu came
00:07:59up with the executive
00:08:02order of
00:08:042024, but it's not that
00:08:08straight forward, we have two
00:08:11ministers. the senior minister, professor alipate
00:08:14and the minister of state that also bought
00:08:18into this rational that we
00:08:22need to give incentives. that is why the
00:08:25presidential initiative for unlocking value change came
00:08:29up. the chairman of pharmaceutical
00:08:33manufacturers group and manufacturers association
00:08:36of Nigeria, PMG Man, who was also the
00:08:40host the conference in his welcome address spoke
00:08:44about the mission the expo and how it has
00:08:47evolved over the years. i'm particularly
00:08:51proud for the progress we're making.
00:08:54today our membership comprises of over 200
00:08:58farmer and life science manufacturing companies
00:09:01working every day to close the gap for quality,
00:09:05safe and affordable medicines and health products in Nigeria
00:09:09and across Africa. indeed, were
00:09:13transiting.
00:09:15NAFDAX
00:09:18indicates that 37 37
00:09:21manufacturing facilities are currently undergoing
00:09:25retrofilling and constructing upgrade to meet
00:09:28international current good manufacturing practice (CGMP)
00:09:32standard. At the same time, the
00:09:36ratio of imports to local manufacturing life
00:09:40saving products has moved significantly.
00:09:42towards the
00:09:46decader 50/50 compared to the much
00:09:50wider import dependency recorded in previous. These are
00:09:54important indications, or these are important
00:09:57indicator to industry that is building capacity and moving
00:10:01towards greater self-sufficience. We commend the
00:10:05federal government of Nigeria for its strong
00:10:09trust policy towards localization strengthening. of domestic
00:10:13manufacturing through the presidential initiative for
00:10:16unlocking the value chain in healthcare (pvak)
00:10:20and the presidential executive order on
00:10:23pharmaceutical and on farmer
00:10:26industrialization acknowledge the leadership of his
00:10:30excellency
00:10:30the president
00:10:35gcfr. the PMG man chairman specifically
00:10:38expressed his appreciation to the Navdach DG for
00:10:42initiating 5 plus five. our
00:10:46appreciation goes to the director general of Navdach,
00:10:49professor Mujisola Christiana, please a
00:10:53round of applause for. for
00:10:57a steadfastness, a steadfastness towards ensuring that the
00:11:01industry move in the direction of international best
00:11:04practice in quality and CGMP
00:11:07compliance. the 5+5 policies and
00:11:11the ceiling list are regulator regulatory
00:11:14drives that has helped to create opportunities for local
00:11:18production of essential and contracting
00:11:22manufacturing while reducing
00:11:25dependency on imports, these
00:11:28policies have bring are bringing to are beginning to
00:11:32change the ecosystem, the gains must be
00:11:35sustained. also speaking, the representative the
00:11:39director general the manufacturers association of Nigeria,
00:11:43Mrs.
00:11:45Odimoko, also praised the NAFDAX for initiating the
00:11:495+5 policy. Nigeria is well
00:11:52positioned to engage as a leading. pharmaceutical
00:11:55manufacturing help in Africa. If we continue to
00:11:59strengthen local capacity, investments and
00:12:03regional value chains. The time has come
00:12:07when we should look inwards, and I thank the DG Navdach
00:12:11for letting us know the metrics regarding 50
00:12:15plus 50. The time has come that we should look
00:12:18inwards to available abundant resources that
00:12:22nature has endowed with us more. Importantly our
00:12:26plants and mineral resources for the synthesis of our
00:12:29home-grown pharmaceuticals, hence
00:12:33research and development remain imperative if we
00:12:37must localize. Amongst oder in
00:12:39Neblas, public private partnership is
00:12:43key. Academia, I believe, have started
00:12:46aligning its research to industrial needs in
00:12:50line with Nigeria, made in Nigeria active
00:12:53pharmaceutical. ingredients, government agencies
00:12:57here, especially, our
00:12:59own navdak, should be ready to give every support
00:13:03needed to make this a
00:13:05reality.
00:13:10you've been watching nafdak in your health. we'll take a
00:13:14short break now. please stay tuned. let's
00:13:18say note under rate consumption of alcohol. in
00:13:22Nigeria today, many young people are: getting access to
00:13:25alcohol easily, especially alcohol sowed in saches and
00:13:29small bottles. this is caused monumental damage to the lives of many
00:13:33young people. concentration of alcohol in saches is about
00:13:3743% and
00:13:38it is easily accessible to children because sashi alcohol
00:13:42and the packages and small pet bottles less than 200 millimeters
00:13:46makes alcohol cheap, affordable and accessible to
00:13:49children. they can easily conceal it, underage drinking can
00:13:53damage the brain a learning and leads to poor
00:13:56decisions, it can also harm the body, damaging the liver and
00:14:00kidnes, raising blood pressure, effecting hormones and
00:14:04increasing the risk of cancer later in life, it can even cause
00:14:08depression, anxiety, low self-esteem and addiction,
00:14:12children's physiological makeup is not matured to handle
00:14:15alcohol, children are not small adult, sof also
00:14:19showed that 54% of minors and underage purchase
00:14:23alcohol by themselves. alcohol should not be accessible
00:14:27for undereraged, let's say no to undererage consumption
00:14:31of alcohol, parents, teachers, religious leaders,
00:14:35communities at large, let's say no to undererad
00:14:39drinking of alcohol. this message is from naftac
00:14:42and the national orientation
00:14:44agency.
00:14:49welcome back, you're stay tuned to nafdak in your
00:14:52health. apart from the development in local pharmaceutical
00:14:56production that has brought about exponential increase in
00:15:00local drug production. A lot of improvements as
00:15:04also been recorded by NAFdak through the transformative
00:15:07policies of Professor Mujisola
00:15:09adeeyay. Post market
00:15:13surveillance (PMS) is the critical component
00:15:17of NAFDAX's regulatory mandate with the ultimate aim
00:15:20of detecting risk, removing non-complint
00:15:24products. disrupting supply chain of
00:15:26counterfatus, informing the public and protecting the health
00:15:30of Nigerians. Approximately 80% of
00:15:34PMS activities are directed towards surveillance and related
00:15:38interventions aimed at detecting and curbing the
00:15:42circulation of fake, falsified,
00:15:45substandard and otherwise non-complint
00:15:48products. for instance, between may
00:15:52and july 2026, the post marketing
00:15:55surveillance directorate undertook routine and proactive
00:15:59surveillance nationwide across the 36 states and
00:16:03the FCT. the monthly reports show a
00:16:07total of 5,738
00:16:10facilities visited and
00:16:137,210 brands and products mopped up
00:16:17across food and water, drugs and herbals, medical
00:16:21devices, vaccines and biologics, cosmetics,
00:16:24healthcare products and chemicals. consolidated
00:16:28national figures showed that food and water accounted for the
00:16:32highest number of products mupped up with
00:16:353,600 33 products, followed by
00:16:39drugs and herbals with
00:16:412,459 products. drugs
00:16:45in herbas recorded the highest number of facilities
00:16:48visited with 2084 facilities,
00:16:52followed by food and water with
00:16:541,808 facilities.
00:16:58overall, the data reflects sustained nationwide
00:17:02regulatory surveillance and intervention covering the 36 states
00:17:05and the FCC in May, June and July
00:17:092026. As the post marketing surveillance goes
00:17:12on, the investigation and enforcement directorate of Navdak
00:17:16has literally not slept, especially for the past three to
00:17:20four years. Navdak has been on the offensive with
00:17:24coordinated rates, arrests, prosecutions and
00:17:28large scale destruction exercises across drugs,
00:17:32drinks, cosmetics and un wholesome foods.
00:17:36The agency has made. destruction of routine zonal
00:17:39activity to ensure seised goods never re-enter the
00:17:42market. In December
00:17:452023, 150 shops were shut down
00:17:49in Abba Abbia stage. large scale production
00:17:53of counterfit beverages, spirits and revalidated foods
00:17:57worth 5 billion naira was uncovered. the
00:18:00products were destroyed on site and are designated destruction
00:18:04sites. in February 24, over
00:18:081,300 open drug marketers were compelled
00:18:12after valid court order in favor the agency
00:18:16to relocate to the coordinated wholesale center at
00:18:19kanawa in Kerno for proper surveillance and
00:18:23enforcement. In December 2024,
00:18:27expired and unregistered drugs worth 11 billion
00:18:30na were destroyed in ibadan Ojo
00:18:33State. In the repeated rates carried out in.
00:18:37december 2024, 250 shops were shut
00:18:41down in aba, abbia state, large scale
00:18:45production of counterfit beverages, spirits and
00:18:48revalidated foods worth 7 billion nara were
00:18:52uncovered, the products were destroyed on sites and are
00:18:56designated destruction sites. in March
00:18:592026, 1.8 billion na of
00:19:03counterfit medicines banned 200 ML
00:19:07alcohol, narcotics, antibiotics,
00:19:11antimalarials, counterfeed milk, skin lightning
00:19:14creams, fake insecticides and medical devices were
00:19:18destroyed in kuje, abuja. in February
00:19:222026, over 15 billion naira
00:19:26worth of fake expired cancer feet and barned
00:19:29medicines were destroyed in ibadon or
00:19:32state. items destroyed included
00:19:36analgen,
00:19:37bocodamol, goodin syrups, traumadol,
00:19:40oxytozin and expired vaccines, suspect linked
00:19:44to osmoggled container was arrested. Between
00:19:48February and March 2025, coordinated and
00:19:52simultaneously executed major rates led to the
00:19:55seizure and destruction of over
00:19:57137 40 foot truck loads of
00:20:01counterfit and substandard products valued at more
00:20:05than 1.5 trillion. these
00:20:09were evacuated fromicha
00:20:12and
00:20:14ariaria markets, the destruction of different types of counterfated and
00:20:18substandard products was as result of relentless
00:20:21operations the investigation and enforcement directorate
00:20:25nationwide. apart from the destruction the seized
00:20:29products, arrests and seizures have also been made during the
00:20:33rates. in December
00:20:352025, manufactured
00:20:38cosmetics and packaging materials were confiscated during
00:20:42raid at legos baracks. In February
00:20:462026, over 10 million doses.
00:20:50of counterfit malaria medicines and
00:20:53cosmetics worth 3 billion n ressed at the Legos
00:20:57Trade fair, four people were arrested and products stored a
00:21:01three-story building disguised as spare partsware house were all
00:21:05confiscated. in June
00:21:082026, five persons were arrested in
00:21:11Garki and wuse in Abuja for selling counterfit
00:21:15cosmetics valued at 35 million naira in
00:21:19March 20 26, 19 drugers
00:21:22and shop owners were arrested at area 1 and
00:21:26day motor parks in Abuja. estimated
00:21:30value of seased drugs were 58 million naira
00:21:33and 70 million items included tramador,
00:21:37cocodamor, aphrodisiacs and
00:21:40analgesics. in June
00:21:422026, factory packaging
00:21:46counterfit rice was uncovered in Nasarawa and over
00:21:501,600 backs valued at 5 billion
00:21:53naira were confiscated. In July,
00:21:572026, raid was carried out,
00:22:01and seizures of counterfated healthcare
00:22:05products, including orb toothpaste were made. The corporate was
00:22:09arrested and is in Navdak's custody.
00:22:12Navdak does not just see counterfitted products and destroy
00:22:16them. The agency also pursues the cases to the points
00:22:20of conviction: 64 convictions have been secured
00:22:24across the country between 2025 and
00:22:272026, with sentences ranging from
00:22:31one to seven years imprisonment without option of
00:22:34fine. In the past, to further strengthen the world
00:22:38substandard and falsified regulated products, the
00:22:41DG has called for stricter penalties to the
00:22:45Navdak Act, as well as the counterfit
00:22:48and fake drugs. act which includes death
00:22:52penalty or life imprisonment to people who produce and
00:22:55sell fake regulated products.
00:22:59navdach has also held press conferences to
00:23:02intimate the press and indeed the public these
00:23:06operations actions and particularly to lot and
00:23:10sensitize the members the public on matters that
00:23:13arise. the agency also encourages
00:23:16consumers to report suspected non-complice. and
00:23:20food products through its official channels.
00:23:24now that under the leadership of Professor Mojisola
00:23:27ADE remains resolute and unwavering in continuing
00:23:31to do all that is necessary safeguard the health the
00:23:35Nigerian people and be more emphatic on the
00:23:39zero tolerance for counterfeated regulated
00:23:41products.
00:23:46That's all time permits us to take on this episode the program.
00:23:50Please make it to date with us, same time, same station,
00:23:54next week for another insightful episode. If you have comments,
00:23:57complaints or your reports about pedals of fake drugs and
00:24:01adultrated food products, we're always available to listen to
00:24:04you. To sear clients better. Nafdak now
00:24:08has customer service center where our customer service agents
00:24:12are always available to promptly respond to inquiries
00:24:16and complaints. The customer service center is
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00:24:45reform@navdak.gov.ng.
00:24:50Nafdak: customer focused, agency
00:24:53mininded. It is important for you to know that
00:24:57importing producing, advertising, distributing and
00:25:01selling of food products, drugs, cosmetics as well as
00:25:05adultrated chemicals and unapproved water are all
00:25:08criminal acts and can destroy human lives. Join the
00:25:12fight against these hanous crimes by reporting any
00:25:16suspicious activity in this direction in your area. to
00:25:20Nafdak, let's join hands safegard the health of
00:25:23Nigerians. See you again next week, stay
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00:29:02continuing a coverage the rest of godwin
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