NAFDAC shuts down Maiduguri market for selling drugs damaged by flood

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has directed the closure of the Gomboru drug market in Maiduguri, Borno state.

In a statement released, the agency said it discovered that drugs affected by the flood were being washed and sun-dried for sale at the market.

“After the recent flooding in Maiduguri that submerged the Gomboru drug market where contaminated drugs were washed and sun-dried for resale, the NAFDAC DG ordered the immediate closure of the market to conduct a thorough shop-to-shop removal of these compromised drugs,” the statement reads in part

On September 10, Borno state witnessed an unprecedented flood that destroyed many homes, businesses and public infrastructure.