‘NAFDAC will eradicate fake drugs’

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has restated its determination to rid Nigeria of fake drugs.

The Chairman of the agency’s Governing Council, Prof. John Ibu, spoke yesterday in Abuja at the end of the council’s two-day maiden meeting.

He said the agency was mandated by President Goodluck Jonathan to eradicate fake drugs from the country in order to safeguard the health of residents.

This, he promised, the agency will accomplish.

According to him, Dr Jonathan and the Minister of Health, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu, have given the agency the mandate to eradicate drug counterfeiting across the land.

Prof Ibu said: “NAFDAC aims to eradicate fake drugs, adulterated food and adulterated table water to make the nation healthy because a healthy nation will have a healthy economy.”

NAFDAC’s Director-General, Dr Paul Orhii, expressed optimism that the agency will succeed in the fight against fake drugs and food.

He said: “We have signed a contract with the Minister of Health to eradicate fake drugs from the country, and this is the goal NAFDAC hopes to achieve.”