Hyacinth Chinweuba
The Kano State Task Force on Fake and Counterfeit Drugs has seized two trucks conveying fake and expired drugs.
A statement from the Ministry of Health at the weekend signed by Malam Ismail Gwammaja, Public Relations Officer of the ministry, said the Chairman of the Task Force and Commissioner for Health, Dr. Aminu Tsanyawa, led the hunt for the trucks on receiving an information about them.
It said the trucks were found in an uncompleted building at Unguwar Dabai in Dala Local Government Area.
The statement said government was committed to curbing the sale and consumption of illicit and fake drugs “especially by youths and women in the state”.
It said government was strict on its resolve to end the rampant use of the substances and had ordered that the drugs market in Sabon Gari be moved to Dangwauro in Kumbutso Local Government.
The Commissioner appealed to Kano residents to complement government’s efforts toward a drug-free society by reporting suspicious acts and movement of people dealing with such drugs.