NAFDAC BOSS SEEKS DEATH PENALTY FOR FAKE DRUG DEALERS

NAFDAC BOSS SEEKS DEATH PENALTY FOR FAKE DRUG DEALERS

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has proposed the death penalty for drug peddlers. The Director-General of the agency, Mojisola Adeyeye, who spoke during a live television programme this morning, argued that only strict penalties would deter drug peddlers, especially when their actions result in the deaths of children. The NAFDAC boss also called for the cooperation of the judiciary and the National Assembly to […]

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Environment

CHOLERA: UNICEF PRESENTS ONE MILLION DOSES OF VACCINES TO BORNO GOVT

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has prevented one million doses of vaccines to the Borno State government in line with efforts to vaccinate residents against cholera. Prof. Baba Mallam, the state’s Commissioner for Health and Human Services, disclosed this while receiving an additonal 669,569 doses of the vaccines in Maiduguri. Represented by the Director of Disease Control and Immunisation in the Borno State Primary Healthcare Development Board, Fati Ali, […]

11/10/2024 105

Health

NAFDAC WARNS OF SUBSTANDARD ANTIMALARIA, ANTIBIOTICS IN CIRCULATION

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has raised the alarm over the circulation of substandard and falsified medicines in Nigeria, posing a significant threat to public health. “We are maximising efforts to curb the menace of substandard and falsified medicines in the state,” warned Bala Mshelia, Director of NAFDAC’s North West Zone, at a community sensitisation workshop in Kaduna on Friday. Mshelia identified specific targeted medicines, […]

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Health

OYO BANS USE OF STYROFOAM

The Oyo State Government on Monday banned the use of styrofoam for food services, storage, and other related purposes. Recalling that the state House of Assembly had, on Thursday, February 8, 2024, urged the state government to ban the use of styrofoam for food purposes in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi, who made this announcement during the Food Safety Stakeholders Forum, and the inauguration of the […]

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