Today, the @DGatNAFDAC Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, visited the agency’s Enforcement Office in Apapa, Lagos, to inspect illicit pharmaceuticals confiscated from the Idumota Open Drug Market.
The NAFDAC warehouse was filled, with some seized drugs even stored in the Director’s office.
Addressing journalists after the tour, Prof. Adeyeye emphasised, —We are not disturbing trade; we are protecting lives. What NAFDAC is doing is exactly what it is mandated to do. There is no politics in this operation!
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She further noted that most shops in these markets are not registered with the Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria (PCN), meaning violations existed from the outset.
Defending the agency’s intensified enforcement in Onitsha, Aba, and Idumota, she highlighted that over 1,000 personnel are actively working to remove counterfeit, expired, and unregistered medicines from circulation.
