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The Anambra House of Assembly has ed a resolution calling on the National Agency for Food and Drug istration and Control to reopen the Onitsha Drug Market closed on February 9.

The lawmakers, who ed the resolution during the plenary session on Tuesday, said the closure of the market had put the livelihood of at least 10,000 traders, apprentices, and their dependants in danger.

The resolution followed a motion of ‘Urgent Public Importance’ by Mr Tony Moubike (Aguata Constituency 2).

Mr Moubike said NAFDAC should hasten its ongoing inspection process to conclude and reopen the market in no distant time in the people’s interest.

The assembly also called on the market leadership to establish strict monitoring structures to identify and report illicit activities within the market.

Mr Moubike lamented that many innocent traders and apprentices were suffering for an offence they had no hand in.

He also said that many apprentices, who are youths, may be lured into social vices, including crime and criminality, should the market closure persist.

The speaker, Somtochukwu Udeze, said they had received numerous appeals and concerns from of the public regarding the prolonged closure.

Mr Udeze said the procedure adopted by the agency for the drug inspection was causing undue hardship to the people and called for the quick reopening of the market.

The South-East is notorious for counterfeit goods, including health products.

https://gazettengr.com/anambra-assembly-tells-nafdac-to-reopen-onitshas-notorious-drug-market/

NAFDAC should not listen to anybody

NAFDAC should do their meticulously cuz the lives of 200m People are in danger.

2special:
NAFDAC should do their meticulously cuz the lives of 200m People are in danger.

NAFDAC should ensure that those fake drugs are consumed in south east only; let them kill themselves because of money

beerfraud:
NAFDAC should ensure that those fake drugs are consumed in south east only; let them kill themselves because of money

The werey they talk say 10,000 lives of traders are in danger.

Most of them are owners of fake drugs shops in that market criminals parading themselves as lawmakers

beerfraud:
NAFDAC should not listen to anybody

beerfraud:
NAFDAC should ensure that those fake drugs are consumed in south east only; let them kill themselves because of money

yarimo:
Most of them are owners of fake drugs shops in that market criminals parading themselves as lawmakers

Look at all of them

Any news from the south east gives them orgasm

See these nonsense people, all they care about is money.

NAFDAC should not open it unless they finish their assignment, any assembly that want to die should go ahead.

Nonsense people

The real owner and financer don finally come out

Why closing a whole market? The drug section is just 2 to 3 lines of shops while there are over 80 to 100 lines selling different things

This are market where they have to clothing section, building materials section, cosmetic section, foodstuffs station etc. Its a big market...

You can't close down the whole market instead close the affected section of the market.

What has someon who sells vegetables n red oil got to do with this matter that u close down sources of livelihood.

But reopening the market will put the life's of over 5million people in danger!!!

After cleaning the illicit drug dealers, they can open the market

These ones dey defend criminal bloodas

It's totally wrong to shut down an entire market for the crimes of others - even if they are in the majority.

[Genuine sellers cannot be paying for the crimes of evil people. Doing so defeats the essence of goodness.
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Pick out the evil folks and deal with them ruthlessly.

These people don't care about killing their own, all they care about is money money money. What an absolutely evil and savage tribe of subhumans SMFH. This is why most of us will never visit that terrible terrible east zone. A den and haven of criminals.



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Nafdac should open that market now before I issue my own statement, what nonsense! I know the game Tinubu is playing, I can tell him that I can beat him to that game, I'm not new to Nigerian politics. Somebody should warn Tinubu for me o, I don't want to him. There's hunger already in my stomach, he shouldn't dare me the more

Criminals

media using the word notorious to paint what dey don't understand

beerfraud:
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https://gazettengr.com/anambra-assembly-tells-nafdac-to-reopen-onitshas-notorious-drug-market/

Na business!

If Biaafraud finally created, it would be a zoo inside jungle, where everything goes. Lawlessness as trade mark.

Nafdac must reopen the market.
LUTH patience are decreasing ever since.

We must continue to do the Lord's work

Dey play

Na tax collectors go cry

Na wao

Igbos Acquiescence With Evil

It's not shocking that this kind of thought has been nursed in the first place. In spite of the weight of ghoulish evidence surrounding this immoral act of selling fake or expired drugs to of the public, they are asking for soft landing for these malefactors.

Culturally, something is amiss in this people's cultural system: their moral sense has been turned off for filthy gains.

How is the market notorious? What kind of narrative are you pushing? The Onitsha market is not the only market in the country where we have discovered fake products. Why is it the only market to be closed?

Okay

If nafdac where proactive I’m not sure there would be fake drugs... original drugs are expensive people resort to use fake drugs because they can’t afford the original one... nafdac should fix that first!

iHart:
But reopening the market will put the life's of over 5million people in danger!!!

After cleaning the illicit drug dealers, they can open the market

Why we welcome the effort made my nafdac to help eradicate drugs not licensed, expired drugs and revalidation of expired drugs the closure of the whole market is unaccessible

This are market where they have vegetables sellers, foodstuff, cosmetics, building materials etc.
My aged parents has not been able to go to market n sell despite what they sell is not in anyway related to drugs or close to that section.

Whst will they eat? This is a period where there is hunger in the land

Mr Udeze said the procedure adopted by the agency for the drug inspection was causing undue hardship to the people and called for the quick reopening of the market.

what alternative procedures has the HOA suggested to NAFDAC?

Humm

State assembly , una dey ment? Instead of putting the lives of the entire nation at risk, is it not better for these shops to be under lock and key until investigation is concluded? Let Dem and their dependants go to hell.