The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has ordered the immediate closure of the Gomboru drug market in Maiduguri after floodwaters submerged the area, compromising drugs which were later sun-dried and set for resale. According to a statement by NAFDAC, the closure is part of the agency’s efforts to protect public health. The agency stressed that the compromised drugs posed significant risks after being washed by floodwaters and then improperly dried for resale.
Related Stories List of contributors as donations to Borno flood relief efforts surpasses N12 billion NAFDAC shuts down N50 million counterfeit cosmetics operation in Lagos “After the recent flooding in Maiduguri that submerged the Gomboru drug market where contaminated drugs were washed and sun-dried for resale, the NAFDAC DG, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, ordered the immediate closure of the market to conduct a thorough shop-to-shop removal of these compromised drugs,” the statement said. The flood disaster, one of the worst in recent years, was reportedly caused by the overflow of the Alau Dam, which has been filled to capacity for over a week.
The region is acting as a hub for humanitarian responses in northeast Nigeria. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Director-General, Mrs. Zubaida Umar, reported that over 1 million people have been affected by severe flooding across Nigeria between April and September 2024.
The floods displaced approximately 625,239 individuals a.