The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said the illicit activities of drug hawkers endanger the nation’s security. The agency said drug hawkers are the major distributors and suppliers of narcotics to criminal networks, like armed bandits, insurgents, kidnappers and armed robbers. NAFDAC’s Director General, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, said this at a sensitisation workshop on: The Dangers …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has described drug hawkers across the country as merchants of death, saying they expose essential and life-saving medicines to inclement weather. At the flag-off of the NAFDAC media sensitisation workshop on the dangers of drug hawking and ripening of fruits with carbide in Lagos on Wednesday, the agency’s Director …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians against patronising drug hawkers. The agency said most of the drugs sold by hawkers are counterfeit, substandard, and expired, warning that the sellers of the medicines are merchants of death. NAFDAC’s Director General, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye said this on Tuesday at the official flag-off of the …