Gov Promises To Apprehend NAFDAC Staff Attackers

Governor Ibrahim Idris of Kogi has promised to apprehend and prosecute those who attacked a NAFDAC employee at Ejule village in May.
He made the promise  in Lokoja while receiving the Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Dora Akunyili in his office.
Idris said the action of the attackers was an attempt to demoralise NAFDAC staff, adding that such acts of lawlessness would no longer be tolerated.
``It is intended to frustrate efforts to check the menace of fake and counterfeit drugs,'' he said.
Idris said the state government would henceforth provide adequate security to all NAFDAC staff on surveillance mission to villages in the state.
He commended Akunyili for working hard to check the menace of fake drugs and counterfeit products in the country.
The governor urged her not to be deterred by the challenges she might be facing in carrying out her difficult assignment.
Akunyili had earlier described fake drugs as the highest form of corruption against humanity.
She said some staff of the agency were sent to Ejule village to take sample of a local gin, called ``Kan kan''.
Akunyili said they were attacked by some hoodlums in the village, during which they sustained serious injuries.
She appealed to the state government to fish out the attackers for punishment.
She said NAFDAC had also appealed to Ministers of Commerce of foreign countries to certify drugs suitable for consumption in their countries before such drugs would be exported to Nigeria.