The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerian men against using performance-enhancing substances, known as “aphrodisiac”, in order to impress their female partners.
This is contained in a statement for the Christmas and New year goodwill message to Nigerians by the Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Moji Adeyeye.
Adeyeye decried the preponderance of performance-enhancing drugs, otherwise known as ‘’Manpower’’ in the local parlance, in the Nigerian market.
According to Adeyeye, most of the performance-enhancing drugs are not registered with NAFDAC, and that some of them were smuggled into the country.
If they were registered, the producers and peddlers would not get it to the supermarkets, social media platforms, and on the streets.
“Many men have died using such drugs and their relatives would blame their death on some imaginary witches in the village. Some of the producers of these drugs will claim they have no side effects”
“Majority of these products did not go through the approval process of the agency; the agency will not relent in running after the peddlers of such dangerous drugs; until they are brought to book for violating the regulations,” Adeyeye said.
She added that “most human beings have the need for intimacy and also for a healthy sexual life; and this likewise determines their overall wellbeing. If there are physical or psychological problems to a person’s sexuality; it can hamper their self-confidence”
“many people today have been caught in the web of such circumstances; leading them to seek a way out of the wood; and also that in recent times, the use of aphrodisiacs has become the range”
She said that many people are ignorant of the possible damage; the misuse of aphrodisiacs or the use of unregistered drugs could cause.
