BNW

B N W: Biafra Nigeria World News

.... ....   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates  Towards a better life for the people Search The Archives   Cover Stories National News South West Niger Delta South East North Politics Business Sports World Viewpoints Features   Akunyili orders re-opening of Sabon Gari drug mart By Tina Anthony Monday, October 04, 2004 KANO — THREE months after the closure of Kano State drug market in Sabon Gari, the Director-General of National  Agency for Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Dr. Dora Akunyili has ordered  the reopening of the drug market,  saying they have shown remorse and vowed never to sell fake drugs again. Addressing journalists Sunday,  the director Technical services, Alhaji Hashim Yusuf said the decision to close down the Market  was taken in order to safe guard the health of millions of unsuspecting innocent Nigerian who patronize them and fall victims of   the hazardous effects of the fakedrugs.The NAFDAC boss explained that the agency was compelled to raid the market because  the drug dealers refused to comply with the directives given to them to register all imported drugs before selling them to the  public, adding that as a result of the raid many fake and expired drugs were detected  in the market. Her words: “As a result of the raid in Kano drug market, the agency had clean the Augean stable and sanitized the market.  Fake, expired, counterfeit and unregistered drugs stocked in various shops have been screened out and impounded by  NAFDAC.” The NAFDAC director general also disclosed that the state branch of the National Association of Patent and  Proprietary Medicine Dealers (NAPPMED) had hand over N2 million worth of fake drugs mopped up from their members in  the market to NAFDAC for destruction as well as vowed never to stock such products again.   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates © 1998- 2004. Vanguard Media Ltd.

	BNW News
Voice of Biafra | Biafra World | Biafra Online | Biafra Web | MASSOB | Biafra Forum | BLM | Biafra Consortium
	© 2001 BNW BiafraNigeriaWorld  Privacy Policy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Powered by ACENetwork ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
	Axiom PSI Yam Festival Series, Iri Ji Nd'Igbo the Kola-Nut Series,Nigeria Masterweb