The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is mobilising about 42 secondary schools in Anambra State for fight against fake and counterfeit drug and food products.
Director-General of NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhii, announced that the NAFDAC Consumer Safety Club (NCSC) in secondary schools 'which is a catch them young programme', was yielding the needed positive result as hundreds of schools had keyed in into the programme nationwide.
Dr. Orhii said this during an award ceremony of NAFDAC annual Secondary Schools Competition for members of NCSC in Anambra in Onitsha.
He explained that the agency was moulding a future generation that "is not only empowered to be upright but also demand uprightness from others".
"It is however important to emphasise that the membership of NCSC is just for the purpose of participating in annual competitions, it is an opportunity for you to make a positive difference in all aspects of life.
"As NCSC members, you have the responsibility to assist in information flow on NAFDAC's regulatory activities, and promote the fight against fake and counterfeit regulated products.
"Programmes have been outlined to keep NCSC members active for the rest of the year. This would be posted on their website periodically.
"We will also continue to strengthen your capacity through publications, newsletters, symposia etc, so as to ensure that you will indeed become change agents," the DG noted.
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