The National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has decried the alarm about the use of bleaching creams by Nigerian women.
While speaking at a recent workshop on Dangers of Bleaching Creams and Regulatory Control organized by the Association of Nigerian Health Journalists in Kano, the Director-General of NAFDAC, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, said the matter has become a national health emergency.
She said the World Health Organization (WHO) in its 2018 study revealed that the use of bleaching creams was prevalent among 77 percent of Nigerian women, the highest in Africa.
She said: “The World Health Organization study in 2018 revealed that the use of skin bleaching creams is prevalent amongst 77 percent of Nigerian women, which is the highest in Africa compared to 59 percent in Togo, 35 percent in South Africa and 27 percent in Senegal.
“These scary statistics have shown that the menace of bleaching creams in Nigeria has become a national health emergency that requires a multi-faceted regulatory approach.”
She said the agency would train people on the harmful effects of bleaching creams in Nigeria.
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