Director General, NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye<br />Photo: NAN
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has proposed stiffer penalty for drug counterfeiters in the country to serve as deterrent to others.
The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof Moji Adeyeye made the call in Abuja on Monday while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Adeyeye noted that the provision of the law for drug offenders in the country prescribed weak penalty stressing the need for review of such law.
She said that the agency had presented a bill to the National Assembly demanding for more punitive punishments for those involved in illicit and falsified drugs.
“Fake and illicit drugs kill people and the judgment the offenders usually get is so insignificant…
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