The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed over 11,000 shops and arrested 40 individuals in its ongoing nationwide clampdown on fake and substandard medicines.
Briefing newsmen over the weekend in Lagos, NAFDAC Director-General, Mojisola Adeyeye, stated that the enforcement had been planned for over a year as a covert operation.
NAFDAC began enforcement operations at the Idumota open drug market, the Ariaria drug market in Aba, and the Bridge Market in Onitsha on February 10.