Nigeria's Silent Poisoning Crisis: Inside NAFDAC's Failure to Protect a Nation and Nigerians' Growing Call to Sack Director-General Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye By Daniel Nduka Okonkwo Nigeria is facing a dangerous public health crisis involving fake, substandard, and potentially hazardous medicines, food, beverages, and other regulated products, and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, appears increasingly challenged in staying ahead of the problem. For millions of Nigerians, the question is no longer simply whether unsafe products exist, but whether the regulatory system is sufficiently strong, coordinated, and responsive to protect them from harm. The problem cuts across virtually every part of the consumer environment. From medicines sold through informal outlets to questionable beverages, cosmetics, and food products found in markets across the country, Nigerians are routinely confronted with products whose safety, quality, authenticity,...