The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is calling for the death penalty for drug peddlers, especially those selling fake or harmful medicines.
NAFDAC’s Director-General, Mojisola Adeyeye, made this known on Channels TV, revealing that some children’s medicines sold in Nigeria had no real ingredients, putting lives at risk.
“You don’t need a gun to kill a child—just give them bad medicine,” she said, stressing that only strict punishments will stop the dangerous trade.
She also criticized light penalties, such as N250,000 fines or short prison terms, for those smuggling deadly drugs like high-dose Tramadol, which can cause brain damage or death.
To make this law a reality, NAFDAC is working with lawmakers and the judiciary to enforce tougher punishments for offenders.
“If you kill a child with fake medicine, you deserve to die,” Adeyeye stated.
