Hannah Johnson
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control in a step to combat the rising use of harmful bleaching creams in the northeastern part of the country raided a popular Monday market in Maiduguri arresting one Kabeer Mohammed for illegally mixing and selling high-concentration bleaching creams.
According to a post on NAFDAC’s official X handle on Friday, the raid was part of a larger effort to curb the use of dangerous bleaching products in the region.
The agency stated that it would impose appropriate sanctions on the arrested individual according to regulations.
They wrote: “To combat the rising use of harmful bleaching creams in the North East Zone, NAFDAC raided Maiduguri’s popular Monday market, arresting Dr Kabeer Mohammed for illegally mixing and selling high-concentration bleaching creams.
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