The
Federal Government has declared a zero tolerance approach on any media
organizations found advertising pharmaceutical products that have not
been registered with the National Agency for Food and Drug
Administration (NAFDAC.)
The
Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, said this at the inauguration of
the revived federal and state task forces on counterfeit, fake and
unwholesome processed foods in Abuja, yesterday.
The
minister described the media’s attitude as embarrassing to the
government and called on the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to
regulate the advertisement of unregistered medicine and similar
products.
"We will soon use some media organisations as example for others to know that the government is serious," he threatened.
He said the reconstitution of the task forces was to ensure a strict approach against fake drugs as declared by the President.
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