Achievements
NAFDAC has made several achievements over the years, including
- The creation of 6 Zonal and 36 state offices for easier accessibility, which are being equipped to function effectively,
- Organization of workshops to enlighten various stakeholders, such as (a) pure water producers (b) the Patent and Proprietary Medicine Dealers Association (PPMDA), and (c) the National Union of Road Transport Workers and National Association of Road Transport Owners (NURTW & NARTO),
- Raising awareness not just in Nigeria, also in other countries like India, China, Pakistan, Indonesia, and Egypt,
- Holding meetings, in concert with the Chairman, House Committee on Health and his members, with Ambassadors of countries identified with exporting fake drugs into Nigeria and solicited their support to stop the trend,
- Achieving excellent results in the fight against counterfeit drugs, as evidenced by the public destruction of about 2 billion Naira worth of drugs from four sources, namely those handed over by repentant traders, those found in secret warehouses on tip off by the drug sellers and the public, and those seized by the drug sellers' internal task forces and NAFDAC task forces,
- Launch of anti-counterfeiting technologies by the Nigerian presidency see NOTE below:
Although the project has been launched, there are serious concerns of complicity, compromise and lack of professionalism in the delivery of the project; it does not however appear that the Presidency is aware of this. The above is buttressed by the following:
- Ensuring the formation of a wholesale Drug Mart as the bedrock of the sanitization exercise,
- Making NAFDAC activities more efficient to reduce delays in, for example, registration and inspection,
- Holding consultations with national and international stakeholders leading to various areas of assistance, including, in the areas of staff training, equipment donations and information sharing from United States Food and Drug Agency (USFDA), Environmental and Occupational Health Science Institute (EOHSI), South African Medicines and Medical Devices regulatory Agency (SAMMDRA),
- Sending proposals for reviewing obsolete laws to the National Assembly, and
- Putting new guidelines and standard operating procedures (SOP) in place for all regulatory processes.
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