The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has called for collaboration with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control in activating a federal and state task force to cleanse the drug distribution channels in the country.
The president of the society, Cyril Usifoh, proposed this during a courtesy visit to the Acting Director-General of NAFDAC, Monica Eimunjeze, on Friday.
According to him, the unwieldy nature of the drug distribution channel appears to be escalating by the day.
He said, “The Fake Drug Act was first enacted as decree 21 of 1988. Almost 35 years after it is a messier state of affairs in our drug distribution channels. The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria was part of proceedings at NASS a few weeks ago when attempts were made to amend the existing Fake Drug Act. We are convinced that the militating bane has always been a deliberate resolve of the PCN and NAFDAC not to work together to break this logjam.
