Palpable fear has gripped Onitsha drug dealers as the fake drug testing machine imported by the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) arrived the Onitsha drug market yesterday. The machine is expected to be used for carrying out the first South East public test of drugs on sale at the drug market.





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The machine simply called “True Scan Machine’’ was programmed to detect the condition of commonly used as well as faked drugs in the country they are to ascertain whether genuine or not within one to three minutes interval of its lesser laser beam scan.

NAFDAC Chief Regulatory Officer, Mrs. Leli Aigbomian who led the team to the market, said the machine also has the capacity to analyze tablets on the spot in order to ascertain the various quantity of its composition, adding, “if it is pure chalk, the machine will also detect and confirm”.

Aigbomian said that the machine was an improvement on the agency’s capacity to check fake and adulterated drugs on the spot; adding: “The machine will be mostly used at the port or point of entry of these drugs to the country so that the issue of fake drug importation will stop’’.

“Although, we have got a lot of stock of the machine for distribution, I will not say for sure whether it can go round considering the number of markets we have, she stated, adding, but for some states, the machines allocated to them will be sufficient, while others need more. . . .

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Who knows what kind of machine is this wonder machine? How does it work? Abi na scare tactics?

Who knows?