The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned against the importation of syringes from foreign countries, saying the act may kill local pharmaceutical industries.

NAFDAC Director-General, Professor MOJISOLA ADEYEYE said this when the new executive of the Association of Nigerian Licenced Customs Agents paid a courtesy visit to her office in Lagos.

Prof. ADEYEYE admonished members of to think more about the country’s interests than personal matters as clearing agents in the nation’s ports.

She enjoined the agents to join forces with the NAFDAC to end the rejection of Nigerian food exported to the European Union, United States of America, and other Western countries.

She also noted with regret that intelligence reports reaching her indicated that some compromises were being made at the port of entry in allowing the illegal importation of unregistered containers of syringes into the country.