In an effort to curtail abuse of Codeine containing cough syrup, the
federal government has recalled about 2.4 million bottles of codeine
from circulation.
Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, disclosed this while receiving a
report from the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and
Control (NAFDAC) after an audit trail of the banned substance. It was
discovered that 2,405,724 bottles of Codeine is still in circulation.
Receiving the audit report from NAFDAC, Adewole, said