The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has vowed to reduce fake drugs and make illicit trade unattractive in the country. Similarly, the agency had appealed to the National Assembly to expedite the review of penalties against counterfeiting. The Director General of the agency, Prof. Christianah Adeyeye in a statement in Abuja, argued that stiff penalties without an option of fine would discourage perpetrators from engaging in such illicit trades.
According to her, NAFDAC having achieved ISO900: 2015 certification and World Health Organization (WHO) maturity level 3 would continue in its efforts to combat the scourge of substandard medicines.
