NAFDAC advises traditional medical practitioners to register products

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration Control (NAFDAC) in Gombe state on Tuesday called on traditional medical practitioners to register with the agency to avoid selling unsafe medicines to the public.

Gombe state Coordinator of NAFDAC, Gonzuk Nyor, made the call in an interview in Gombe.

Nyor said selling the products without getting them registered is an offence and the agency considers it unsafe for public consumption.

“We are advising them to come with their products so that it can be subjected to laboratory investigation to verify its safety and to have them registered.

“If you sell products without registration, you are selling fake products because NAFDAC considers it as unsafe. Of course, there is punishment for that; first we are going to collect the products from you and sanction you as a first offender.

“But, if you keep doing it, stiffer sanctions will come up and at the end of the day you will be prosecuted,” he said.

According to him, when products are registered, they would be patronized by people all over because it is safe (NAN)