NAFDAC warns of banned pesticides entering Nigerian markets

Summary

NAFDAC has raised concern over the movement of banned and unregistered pesticides across Nigeria’s borders and says it is stepping up enforcement.

Highlights

• The agency said unsafe agrochemicals pose risks to public health, food safety and the environment.
• NAFDAC said it has intensified surveillance and enforcement to disrupt illegal pesticide supply chains and keep prohibited products out of the market.
• It said it seized banned agrochemicals worth more than N800m across Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Oyo states in 2025.
• NAFDAC also said enforcement operations in the North-West between September 2024 and July 2026 led to seizures of paraquat- and chlorpyrifos-based pesticides.
• The agency said recent operations in Kebbi State led to the interception of paraquat-based and atrazine-based products, and that four unauthorised facilities were sealed in Kano State.