According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Oke-Diya dumpsite was the location of the activity.
The agency's Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, stated in a speech that the exercise was a part of the agency's redoubled efforts to purge the nation of unhealthy regulated items in order to protect public health.
Adeyeye stated that the exercise had become essential to stop the items from being reintroduced into the market, as expressed by Mr. Francis Ononiwu, the agency's Director of Investigation and Enforcement.
According to the head of NAFDAC, among the products impacted were dangerous cosmetics, counterfeit goods, unwholesome processed food additives, subpar and falsified medical products, and other NAFDAC-regulated goods.
She went on to say that the agency had taken some of the products from distributors, importers, and producers.
Products that have expired or are defective that have been voluntarily turned over to the agency by compliant businesses, labor unions, and non-governmental organizations are also up for destruction today.
The task of guaranteeing the safety of the country's health has been placed on NAFDAC.
As a result, she stated, "it is committed to eliminating chemicals, unwholesome foods, illicit drugs, expired medical supplies, and other violative products."
Adeyeye reported that since the start of the year, the agency has conducted over 50 raids targeting drug vendors around the country, resulting in no fewer than 66 arrests.
She added that the agency had also seized N8 million worth of goods from hawkers, including codeine, cough syrups, tramadol capsules, aphrodisiacs, analgesics, antibiotics, and antimalarial medications.
She mentioned Sunday Chibuike, who was recently arrested and accused by the government for manufacturing alcoholic beverages without a permit.
According to her, Chibuike was manufacturing alcoholic beverages in the Iyana-Ipaja region of Lagos State that were tainted with marijuana and other dangerous substances. These beverages were then packaged and marketed as Japata bitters.
The health consequences of this behavior are exceedingly alarming and callous, since they include, but are not limited to, acute psychosis, reduced motor coordination, changed brain development, and pseudo hallucinations.
Consequently, she urged Nigerians to avoid drug dealers on the streets and instead shop at licensed pharmacies.
I therefore make a call to action for community leaders, religious leaders, medical professionals, news reporters, and other interested parties to keep teaching their wards and family members to avoid doing business with quacks and street vendors of medicine.
The head of NAFDAC, who thanked the courts for their ongoing support, called for harsher penalties to contain the threat due to the risks it posed to society.
In order to bolster the agency's efforts to combat counterfeiting in the nation, she pleaded with the National Assembly to swiftly approve the Counterfeit Medical Products Bill.
She also expressed gratitude for the assistance and cooperation provided by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, Police, NDLEA, DSS, and Nigeria Customs Service.
She gave Nigerians the assurance that NAFDAC will not give up on its mission to purge the nation of phony and subpar medications as well as other unhealthy regulated goods.