NAFDAC DG, Mojisola Adeyeye
Drug hawking, according to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, is illegal and therefore considered an offence in the eyes of the law.
Hence, the agency made preparations to commence massive surveillance project on persons that peddle drugs in the streets of Kaduna State.
On Wednesday 27, Mallam Nasiru Mato, the state coordinator of the anti-drug agency stated that drug higgling has become a major concern to them and would be addressed immediately.
He restated that the law proposing a complete ban on hawking medications was still active, adding that all medicines must be kept at the appropriate temperature as prescribed by the manufacturer.
The purpose of proper storage, he educates, is supposed to guarantee the desired quality and functionality, potency as well as safety in all ramifications.
He said “Drug hawking exposes the commodities to severe temperatures, high humidity and other unfriendly climatic conditions. This is unacceptable.”
Mato asserted that the business jeopardises every ethics of the medical profession, adding that the agency would do everything to ensure they rid the streets of Kaduna clean of drug hawkers.