IHRC Raises Alarm over NAFDAC's Closure of Onitsha Drug Market

IHRC raises alarm over NAFDAC's closure of Onitsha drug market

The International Human Rights Commission (IHRC) has raised the alarm over the recent closure of a major pharmaceutical market in Onitsha, Anambra State, by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), urging calm amidst growing unrest among traders and local residents. The shutdown, part of a nationwide enforcement campaign conducted by NAFDAC between February 9 and March 27, 2025, targeted three key open drug mark…

Crackdown increases on fake drugs

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has held many meetings in recent days with relevant ministries, agencies, and localities on fake drugs, cosmetics, and functional foods, after many companies have been revealed to be partaking in wrongdoing. Authorities are pulling out all the stops to destroy products that are unfit for use, photo Le Toan Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen admitted, “Despite the Law on Pharmacy, the Law on Food Safe…

‎Operation UDO KA, NAFDAC Seize Over ₦1 Trillion Worth of Fake, Substandard Drugs in Major South-East Crackdown

‎‎‎‎‎‎‎In a sweeping interagency operation aimed at dismantling criminal networks and safeguarding public health, troops of Operation UDO KA in