…Vows to hold NAFDAC responsible if any student suffers food poisoning, develop  diseases due to consumption of fake products
By Odunayo Agboluaje, Ibadan
The National Association of Nigerian Students {NANS}, on Sunday, expressed concerns over the increase in the rate of fake edible items in the country, calling on the Federal Government to probe the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
The student body, which said such a development is appalling, claimed that many  adulterated edible items are being sold in markets.
These were contained in a statement made available to journalists in Ibadan by the NANS Senate  President, Babatunde Afeez Akinteye.
Akinteye lamented that consumption of these items, which have been rendered inedible, has been proven to be a leading cause of heart diseases, liver problems, kidney diseases, paralysis and lots more.
The student leader said NANS would not keep quiet on pressing issues like this, adding that it would  a point of responsibility for the student body to ensure the agency rises up to their duties and do what is right and expected of them.
Akinteye said: ‘’The highly alarming issue we now face in this country is the increased production of fake edible items by some evil perpetrators, whose activities has been allowed to keep going unchecked by NAFDAC.
‘’It is so appalling and barbaric that, several adulterated edible items are now the most sold items in our markets. We have seen and received several reports and complaints about reduced qualities of these items and this is most shameful, as we have had a regulating body for food, drugs and other related items in this country that has deviated from administering their duties effectively, to doing something else we cannot describe. And to make issues worse, is the fact that, these fake products also carries registration numbers allegedly issued by NAFDAC.
‘’Consumption of these items, which has been rendered inedible, has been proven to be a leading cause in major health conditions like; Heart diseases, liver problems, kidney diseases, paralysis and lots more.
‘’However, we will not keep quiet on pressing issues like this and we shall make it a point of responsibility to ensure the agency rises up to their duties and do what is right and expected of them. To this effect, we are therefore calling on the Federal Government to probe the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) under the leadership of Professor Moji Adeyeye, as this is a time we need them to engage all available resources, manpower and machinery to ensure this dastardly act is stopped and the evil perpetrators are brought to justice, before more damages would be done to consumers’’.
He warned that if any student under the aegis of NANS, suffer from any form of food poisoning or develop chronic diseases due to consumption of fake products, the association would hold NAFDAC responsible.
He said: ‘’We will love to register this on a good note that, should any Student under the aegis of NANS, suffer from any form of food poisoning or develop chronic diseases due to consumption of fake products, the Association shall hold NAFDAC responsible’’.
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