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Nigeria: NAFDAC creates 600-pharmacist reserve to strengthen fight against fake drugs

Africa Links 24 with Sade Oguntola
Published on 2026-09-13 13:41:00

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is creating a 600-member national reserve of pharmacists to extend regulatory enforcement beyond its traditional offices and respond quickly to fake-drug and public-health emergencies across Nigeria.

Sayo Akintola, NAFDAC’s Resident Media Consultant, disclosed this in a statement on the inauguration of the Agency’s Pharmacists Reserve Volunteer Programme (PRVP), which brings together qualified pharmacists…

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