The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, on Friday, said the 10 persons reportedly dead and 400 hospitalised were victims of dangerous chemicals and additives consumed in five flavoured drinks in Kano on March 11.through the agency’s Resident Media Consultant, Sayo Akintola, that many of the victims had been hospitalised for kidney conditions occasioned by the consumption of the dangerous chemicals.
She said, “I can confirm to you that it was not a new incident. Those fatalities – even though the figure I have is four, and even if one, it’s one too many – were those affected by the dangerous chemicals and additives they consumed in five flavoured drinks in Kano on March 11. “Many of them were hospitalised for kidney problems occasioned by the consumption of dangerous chemicals. NAFDAC expresses regret over the deaths and prays to God to give the families of the departed the fortitude to bear the irreparable losses.
“We, however, reiterate our earlier warning against adding chemicals to food and drinks because of the danger inherent in such a habit.”She said the agency would continue to work with the Kano State Government to ensure that such a sad incident does not happen again. She also vowed that anyone found culpable in the sad incident would not go unpunished.
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