The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has confiscated more than N1 trillion worth of banned, expired, and substandard medical products in a sweeping nationwide operation.
The agency’s Director-General, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, who disclosed the details in Abuja, said that 11,000 shops were sealed as part of the enforcement effort.
Among the seized items were expired antiretroviral drugs and male condoms, originally donated by USAID and the UNFPA, which had been repackaged for sale.
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Professor Adeyeye stressed the need for stricter penalties against counterfeit drug dealers, suggesting life imprisonment or even the death penalty as possible deterrents.
She also outlined plans to relocate open drug markets to regulated wholesale centres within a year, aiming to curb the circulation of unsafe pharmaceuticals.
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