The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has justified its recent crackdown on fake drugs across the country and dismissed claims that the organisation was against businesses.
NAFDAC’s recent crackdown on fake drugs saw it raiding markets and shops where these substances were discovered.
That has triggered condemnation from some persons who accuse the agency of unfairness and targeting non-drug sections of some markets. But NAFDAC’s Director General Mojisola Adeyeye has dismissed the allegations and hinged the organisation’s actions on “safeguarding” the health of the nation.
“We are not disturbing trade, we are protecting lives. We could not have done it ourselves without the NSA. It is a security risk for our country. What the BBC showed will break your heart. Young men who have been rendered useless,” Adeyeye said in a video posted on NAFDAC’s X handle following recent seizures by the agency.
“So, what NAFDAC is doing is what NAFDAC is supposed to do – safeguarding. There is no politics in what we are doing. Most of the shops are not registered by the PCN. PCN registers sites and people that are working on the sites.”
