The National Agency for Food and
Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has called for stiffer punishment for
drug traffickers and importers of illegal drugs into the country.
Addressing a press conference on
Monday, Mojisola Adeyeye, the director-general of the agency, urged the
judiciary review penalties for peddlers of Tramadol and counterfeit drugs.
“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,” she said.
“I am pleading with the judiciary
to look at the consequences of narcotic on our homes and review the sentences.”
She commended the federal
government for its support in terms of equipment, adding that the agency was
having it better in the present administration.
Adeyeye also said that 12
individuals were caught with a large amount of substandard and falsified
medicine, some of which had been destroyed.
She said that some of them were
being investigated or prosecuted, while some had been sentenced.
She disclosed that the agency had
destroyed substandard and falsified medical products worth more than N3 billion
between November 2017 and November 2018.
“The agency in conjunction with
the Nigeria Customs Service has begun the destruction of seized consignments of
substandard and falsified medical products especially Tramadol.
“A total of 24 containers of the
products have been destroyed.”
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