The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has proposed the death penalty for individuals involved in drug peddling.
NAFDAC Director-General, Mojisola Adeyeye, stated that only severe penalties would deter drug peddlers, particularly when their actions result in the deaths of children.
Speaking on The Morning Brief on Channels Television, Adeyeye cited an incident where counterfeit children’s medicine was discovered in the market.
“Somebody bought children’s medicine for N13,000, while another person was selling it for about N3,000 in the same mall,” she said. “That raised an alarm. When we tested it in our Kaduna lab, there was nothing inside that medicine. So, I want the death penalty.”
She emphasized that harmful drugs could be as deadly as a weapon. “You don’t need to put a gun to a child’s head to kill them. Just give them bad medicine,” Adeyeye added.
