In 2018, Mr Abubakar
rejected a bribe of about $420,000 from an importer who wanted to clear a
container of Tramadol.
The Controller General of
Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), has promoted Comptroller Bashir Abubakar of
Apapa Area Command to an Assistant Comptroller General (ACG) after he rejected
$420,000 bribe.
Tramadol is a pharmaceutical
product prohibited under Nigerian laws. The abuse of Tramadol is known to have
dire health consequences among the population.
Already, Nigeria has banned
the manufacture and importation of codeine. The Ministry of Health in May 2018
directed the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control
(NAFDAC) to immediately cease the importation of codeine.
The ban was specifically in
respect of codeine as an active pharmaceutical ingredient for cough
preparations.
The directive came on the
heels of an addiction crisis exposed by the BBC in an undercover film.
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