
NAFDAC Calls for Stiffer Punishment for Importers of Fake Drugs
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has called for stiffer punishment for importers of fake drugs and drug traffickers in the country.
The Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, made the call during news conference on Monday in Abuja. Adeyeye decried what she described as light sentences handed peddlers of Tramadol and counterfeit drugs and urged the judiciary to review the penalties. ”It breaks my heart that a sentence of five years imprisonment or N250,000 fine is given to someone that is trafficking Tramadol that is killing our youths, destroying homes and casting shadows on the future of Nigeria.
“I am pleading with the judiciary to look at the consequences of narcotics on our homes and review the sentences,” she said. The NA