The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has reopened the Onitsha drug market, following a sanitisation operation that began on February 10.

Director of Enugu Zone Zonal Operations, Dr Martin Iluyomade, made the announcement during a stakeholders’ meeting between NAFDAC, Anambra representatives, and Onitsha market leadership yesterday.

Iluyomade clarified that while the market had been reopened, owners of around 4,000 shops that were profiled and suspended must visit NAFDAC individually to clear themselves.

Mr Ndubuisi Chukwulota, Chairman of the Ogbo Ogwu Traders Association, expressed gratitude to NAFDAC for reopening the market and pledged to cooperate in eradicating fake drugs.