The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, says the government will fully adopt the national drug distribution guidelines to effectively deal with the peddling of fake drugs across the country.
The Minister said this during the unveiling of a study on counterfeit pharmaceuticals in Abuja where experts and public health professionals believe the fight against fake drugs must be won convincingly.
The Director General of the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Bakut Bakut, highlighted the negative impact of fake drugs on the society, especially its potential to breed crime and criminality.
World Health Organization report shows that at least 10 percent of the drugs in circulation in low and middle-income countries like Nigeria are either fake or substandard.
