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NAFDAC Denies Extortion At Onitsha Market, Says Fine Was Imposed (10004 Views)

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NwaliE01: 9:41pm On May 27
Which s/modes were they paid?
triplechoice(m): 9:50pm On May 27
Franking:
But the impression created is that there are no exemptions meaning that all the markerters flouted the law.

NAFDAC applied the principle of collective responsibility to impose a fine on every trader in the market.

They're all collective responsible for what goes on in the market..

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Bobxin(m): 9:53pm On May 27
From CBN to JAMB, NNPC, NAFDAC, INEC
Everybody just a flop, as clueless as it could be.

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nedu666: 9:55pm On May 27
Summary those selling fake drugs went scot free.

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Bobxin(m): 9:59pm On May 27
alizma:

Go and check the Gazette first to avoid wrong contribution. What we should be talking now is whether all those who were made to pay the money are guilty of keeping and selling prohibited drugs or substandard drugs, secondly the NAFDAC should be open on how many people have made these payments.

wether gazetted or not, this touts could gazette anything and make policies just to keep extorting the masses, as they have always done. And does the payment of fines make them the sellers start storing drugs with the acceptable standards?
triplechoice(m): 10:01pm On May 27
Indispensable85:
Criminals stop the extortion. So the entire 5,000 shops are guilty of selling uned drugs? The entire 5,000 shops don't meet storage standards? But the initial allegations were that of sales of fake drugs by nafdac. Does this store reopening fines now stand as an approval for the resumption of the sales of the so called uned drugs with the poor storage facilities? Nafdac una be thief jooor

They're all not guilty of selling fake drugs, but anyone having a shop in that market where lots of traders are selling fake and expired drugs cannot claim not to know goes on in there and report to the appropriate authorities for necessary action to taken against such traders.

If you remain silent and don't report, you're enabling it according to the law.
Excelhigher: 10:02pm On May 27
Wrong assertion
ERockson:
Good one from NAFDAC. I think VDM really wanted NAFDAC to perpetually close these shops. If they have to charge them court according to VDM, a lot of Anambra business men will go to jail for it.
IyfeNamikaze(m): 10:06pm On May 27
billionman:
So they can continue selling fake drugs after paying the fines?
Because they were never selling fake drugs in the first place, at least 90% of these people were selling authentic drugs.
NAFDAC didn't disclose that they have fined anybody until VDM exposed them in that video now they want to do damage control.
This is fraud in the korokoro

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brightleave(m): 10:28pm On May 27
Noblechykk:

Fool
Very big one
Subsea101: 10:28pm On May 27
Why should Mr A pay a fine when Mr B commited the offence, and Mr A commited no offence??


jmoore:


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nony43(m): 10:35pm On May 27
triple996:
For God sake just look at how obi disgraced himself online. Who is even advising this man?



Ewu.
Kewekubosineh: 10:49pm On May 27
NAFDAC DG should be arrested for fraud.

She has no excuse. Very wicked woman who deliberately closed shops of traders because of her corrupt tendencies. How could she collect money from same people you accused of selling fake drugs and want them back to business to sell same drugs,if she was sincere?

EFCC should round her up to bring back those extorted money from the traders. Onitsha alone is estimated over N700M. In Idumota, it's estimated N500M.

In the meantime, Tinubu should suspend her pending after investigations. She's not doing good to image of the government and anti corruption war.

Thank you Verydarkman for the expose.

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Kewekubosineh: 10:50pm On May 27
NAFDAC DG should be arrested for fraud.

She has no excuse. Very wicked woman who deliberately closed shops of traders because of her corrupt tendencies. How could she collect money from same people she accused of selling fake drugs and want them back to business to sell same fake drugs,if she was sincere?

EFCC should round her up to bring back those extorted money from the traders. Onitsha alone is estimated over N700M. In Idumota, it's estimated N500M.

In the meantime, Tinubu should suspend her pending after investigations. She's not doing good to image of the government and anti corruption war.

Thank you Verydarkman for the expose.
Flo36: 10:51pm On May 27
How will they pay fine for selling fake drugs?
FG should summon the DG of NAFDAC to elaborate more on why 1000 shops were fine 700k for selling fake drugs.

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Zzxx(m): 11:06pm On May 27
Nafdac why imposing such an outrageous bill on poor and innocent traders who does not in anyway engaged in adultrated products.abi una no catch those dealing on fakes drugs,the penalty should be on them,not the other way round.

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Pearl1910: 11:13pm On May 27
Criminals everywhere, no difference between NAFDaC and the evil business men/women selling fake, adulterated n substandard drugs and beverages to unsuspecting innocent citizens.

They should be prosecuted, jailed and have their companies shutdown, not fined.
But we all know they are bribes and not fines.
Geometrix(m): 11:15pm On May 27
Is that how your own law and equity work?
No worry you will be arrested in your vicinity or office and be made to answer for what you don't know or a crime you didn't commit.
Your only crime is that are living within the vicinity
triplechoice:


They're all not guilty of selling fake drugs, but anyone having a shop in that market where lots of traders are selling fake and expired drugs cannot claim not to know goes on in there and report to the appropriate authorities for necessary action to taken against such traders.

If you remain silent and don't report, you're enabling it according to the law.

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triplechoice(m): 11:38pm On May 27
Geometrix:
Is that how your own law and equity work?
No worry you will be arrested in your vicinity or office and be made to answer for what you don't know or a crime you didn't commit.
Your only crime is that are living within the vicinity

It's not my law but how the laws of Nigeria works. It's called collective responsibility.

If you want to be fair, you should be calling for the prosecution of those caught selling fake and expired drugs which has led to the death toll of thousands people.

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Okwyjesus(m): 11:40pm On May 27
Wickedlywicked: 11:58pm On May 27
Nigeria always empower thieves. Just like the EFCC, these ones are charging fines on people whose shops are supposed to be closed down forever. People who are supposed to be charged for murder and attempted murder for intentionally selling fake medicines to the masses. Every agency in Nigeria is working only for its pocket. None of them is working for the good and benefits of the masses. The only way forward is to ban all these agencies from collecting fines; they should be banned from confiscating proceeds of crimes into their own agency’s s. Giving them the authority to fine and confiscate assets is just another way of empowering and enriching official thieves

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Earthquakes: 12:13am On May 28
2m reduced to 200k
So people dey price with NAFDAC now!?? Lol

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Indispensable85(m): 12:44am On May 28
triplechoice:


They're all not guilty of selling fake drugs, but anyone having a shop in that market where lots of traders are selling fake and expired drugs cannot claim not to know goes on in there and report to the appropriate authorities for necessary action to taken against such traders.

If you remain silent and don't report, you're enabling it according to the law.


Baseless assumptions! More like Efcc assuming every successful young Nigerian is a yahoo boy.

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zomoears(m): 1:44am On May 28
jmoore:
I thought they said all of them are selling fake drugs.

More than 1,000 shops have paid the extortion fee, abi na fine.

NAFDAC is saying they sold good drugs but the only problem was that it wasn't ed, while others didn't have standard storage facility for the drugs

Not ing is a violation of the law,and they should be fined.

The appropriate question that should be asked is;

-Which were these fines paid to? FG s or private consultants?

-Have they been mandated to upgrade their storage facilities to now be compliant? What timeframe was given for this to be done?

-Have they been made to with the appropriate bodies for proper regulation?

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Ofunaofu: 2:05am On May 28
triple996:
For God sake just look at how obi disgraced himself online. Who is even advising this man?

No! You are actually the one who disgraced yourself

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Grace001: 3:46am On May 28
God forsaken country. Always making masses suffer when you think you’re progressing in business or anything Nigeria will frustrate your life and run you down.

Failed useless country.
AMI3(m): 4:21am On May 28
topatee:

is it everything they will explain on sm, let the aggrieved go to court. If law enforcement agent catch you with expired documents, will they just say "good boy don't do that again and let you off?
so why will the merchant of death case be different?
What are u trying to justify here? Are they not the one that give reason why the lock up the shops?
Don't these people in anyway. They are not doing the right thing.
AMI3(m): 4:23am On May 28
Ofunaofu:


No! You are actually the one who disgraced yourself
the guy u quoted is seeking for attention. Just ignore him
Spinflow: 4:26am On May 28
Nchenches: 6:11am On May 28
Breach of cybercrimes Act? Go and arrest Obi?


Ethnic bigots now in charge of NAFDAC.
In what laws are the fines prescribed? Or you arbitrarily invented the fine, assuming the gullible ones agree with your falsehood that you merely imposed fines?
You are shrinking the economy further through your Ethnic bigotry.
Nchenches: 6:19am On May 28
AustineE1:
Rather than accepting the obvious violation of the right of the innocent ones among these people and proven case of extortion,they are now trying to change the narratives. What stops you from prosecuting those indicted and allowing the genuine businessmen at the market to continue with their businesses,now you want to impose a general unfair levy on all.
Just accept your infraction like your brother at JAMB did.

Never knew that these people are so primitive. And shameless.

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Guide777(m): 6:32am On May 28
jmoore:
These fines were never made public. It's now that NAFDAC is saying they were fines..

Damage control.
Even at that . The thing tire person. It's Police charging their suspects for investigative charge. What a country?

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