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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has called on the National Assembly to expedite action on the amendment of \u201cNAFDAC ACT\u201d and Counterfeit and Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods C34 Act to include life sentence and death penalty in the penalties for such crimes.<\/p>\n

Addressing State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Wednesday, the DG, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, said the call had become imperative because many Nigerians are dying on a daily basis due to the consumption of fake drugs and unwholesome processed foods.<\/p>\n

\nSpeaking specifically on the ongoing enforcement operation in the open drug markets of Ariaria and Eziukwu markets in Aba, Bridge Head Market, Onitsha and Idumota Drug Markets in Lagos, the DG said 87 truckloads of banned, expired, unregistered, falsified and substandard medical products had been so far removed from over 7,000 shops screened in the three markets.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
She also noted that the quantity of
\nTramadol, narcotics and controlled substances seized from each of these locations was enough to destabilise the country security-wise, alleging that it had been contributing to the prevailing insecurity in the country.<\/div>\n
\nAdeyeye, who hinted that the Onitsha Bridge Head market will be opened next week once the ongoing enforcement operation is completed and on NAFDAC terms, noted that the opening would be a temporary measure until the designated Coordinated Wholesale Centres (CWC) are ready.<\/div>\n
\nShe said the centres would be built in the six geo-political zones to cater for drugs in the zones.<\/div>\n
\nAdeyeye said the operation started in 2024 with a strong collaboration with the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA).<\/div>\n
\n\u201cThe simultaneous exercise started on the night of 9th February 2025 by cordoning off the three markets with 1100 security forces comprising the military, police and Department of Security Service (DSS) personnel. The screening of the shops commenced the following day on 10th February 2025,\u201d she added.<\/div>\n
\nThe DG explained that there were meetings with members of the executives of the union in each of the markets on the need to cooperate with the enforcement officers from NAFDAC and the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN).<\/div>\n
\n\u201cDuring this exercise NAFDAC succeeded in removing from circulation 87 truckloads of banned, expired, unregistered, suspected falsified and substandard medical products from the three markets removed from over 7,000 shops screened as at today 26th February 2025.<\/div>\n
\n\u201cMore than 40 arrests have been made which will be followed by prosecution.
\nThe screening of shops ended on Tuesday, February 25 in Idumota and Aba. For the remaining period of the exercise, shops that have non-violative or non-NAFDAC regulated products are being reopened while owners of such shops are being asked to sign undertakings that they agree to relocate to designated Coordinated Wholesale Centre (CWC) on completion.<\/div>\n
\n\u201cMeanwhile, the operation continues in Onitsha Head Bridge until next week when similar process of opening the shops to non-violative shop owners and charging the violative ones accordingly will commence.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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