WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF NAFDAC

Functions of NAFDAC

 (NATIONAL AGENCY FOR FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL)

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NAFDAC has various" basic functions. According to the requirements of its enabling decree, the Agency was authorized to:

•         Regulate and control the importation, exportation, manufacture, advertisement, distribution, sale

and use of drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, bottled water and chemicals

•         Conduct appropriate tests and ensure compliance with standard specifications designated and
approved by the council for the effective control of quality of food, drugs, cosmetics, medical
devices, bottled water, and chemicals.

•         Undertake appropriate investigation into the production premises and raw materials for food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, bottled water and chemicals and establish a relevant quality assurance system, including certification of the production sites and of the regulated products »    Undertake inspection of imported foods, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, bottled water, and chemicals and establish a relevant quality assurance system, including certification of the production sites and of the regulated products.

•         Compile standard specifications, regulations, and guidelines for the production, importation, exportation, sale and distribution of food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, bottled water, and chemicals

•         Undertake the registration of food, drugs, medical devices, bottled water and chemicals

•         Control the exportation and issue quality certification of food, drugs, medical devices, bottled water and chemicals intended for export

•   Establish and maintain relevant laboratories or other institutions in strategic areas of Nigeria as may be necessary for the performance of its functions.

NAFDAC envisions that by making these functions known, that its actions will be apparent "in all sectors that deal with food, cosmetics, medical devices, bottled water, and chemicals to the extent of instilling extra need for caution and compulsion to respect and obey existing regulations both for ¹ / healthy, living and knowledge of certain sanctions or default." .^ Despite the establishment of NAFDAC, the sale and use of fake drugs did not end.

New Amendments since 2001

Dissatisfied with progress in combating fake drugs, President Otusegun Obasanjo's administration V dissolved the management of NAFDAC in August 2000. In April 2001, a new management team, with Dr. Dora Akunyili as Director-General, was inaugurated.^ The team re-organized the agency, which has been successful in me recent past due to three new federal policies:

•    The outright ban on the importation of drugs and other regulated products through land borders.

•         The designation of Calabar and Apapa sea ports, Murtala Muhammed and Mallam Aminu Kano
International Airports as exclusive ports of entry for the importation of drugs and pharmaceutical
raw materials.

•         Release of shipping and cargo manifests by the Nigerian Ports Authority, shipping lines and
airlines to NAFDAC inspectors,¹²¹ For several years, Nigeria was drowned in an ocean of fake drugs. Then "Dr. Dora Akunyili approached her job with zeal..., to preserve in ridding the Nigerian market of fake drugs and contaminated water sold as "pure water."⁰³

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Achievements

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NAFDAC has made several achievements over the years, including

»    The creation of 6 Zonal and 36 state offices for easier accessibility, which are being equipped to function effectively,

•         Organization of workshops to enlighten various stakeholders, such as (a) pure water producers
(b) the Patent and Proprietary Medicine Dealers Association (PPMDA), and (c) the National
Union of Road Transport Workers and National Association of Road Transport Owners (NURTW&NARTO),

•         Raising awareness not just in Nigeria, also in other countries like India. China, Pakistan,,
Indonesia, and Egypt

•         Holding meetings, in concert with the Chairman, House Committee on Health and his members,
with Ambassadors of countries identified with exporting fake drugs into Nigeria and solicited their support to stop the trend,

•         Achieving excellent results in the fight against counterfeit drugs, as evidenced by the public
destruction of about 2 billion Naira worth of drugs from four sources, namely those handed over
by repentant traders, those found in secret warehouses on tip off by the drug sellers and the
public, and those seized by the drug sellers' internal task forces and NAFDAC task forces,

Launch of anti-counterfeiting technologies by the Nigerian presidency see NOTE below at the related post.

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