The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, says it will not bow to pressure in its bid to rid the country of banned, counterfeit, unregistered and harmful drugs.
The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye made this declaration at a news conference in Lagos while reacting to claims that the agency forced some traders to pay N700,000 for a service they were unaware of.
Adeyeye said NAFDAC’s recent enforcement operation in Idumota, Aba and Onitsha open drug market where harmful and banned drugs worth over one trillion naira were evacuated, was a measure taken by the agency to safeguard the health of the nation.
According to her, the charges imposed on the traders are investigative charges which were reduced from N5 million to N200,000 for sales of unregistered drugs and N2million to N500,000 for violation of storage after rigorous consultation.
