Following the devastating flood that ravaged the city of Maiduguri, marketers at the Gomboru drug market have resorted in unwholesome practices to recoup their lost money.
According to reports by Channels TV, marketers at the Gomboru drug market have resorted to washing contaminated drugs and sundried them for resale to customers.
However, to stop the ungodly practices, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has wade in and shut down the market.
This development was disclosed in a post on NAFDAC X handle on Friday. The agency said it ordered the closure of the drug market after the recent flooding submerged the market, and the drugs became contaminated.
“After the recent flooding in Maiduguri that submerged the Gomboru drug market where contaminated drugs were washed and sun-dried for resale, the @DGatNAFDAC ordered the immediate closure of the market. And to conduct a thorough shop-to-shop removal of these compromised drugs,” NAFDAC wrote.
Recall that the Maiduguri flood crisis was caused by the rupture of the Alau dam on the Ngadda River, 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of Maiduguri.
The flooding claimed at least 30 lives and forced 400,000 people from their homes, agency reported.
“The death toll is 30,” National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) spokesman Ezekiel Manzo told AFP. This was a day after water from an overflowing dam swept away thousands of homes in the city.
“The situation in Maiduguri is quite frightening,” said Manzo’s NEMA colleague Zubaida Umar.
“The flood has taken over around 40 per cent of the entire city. People have been forced out of their homes and are scattered everywhere.
“From our statistics, we have 414,000 displaced people,” Umar said. He told the BBC’s Hausa language service that officials feared that number could reach one million.
According to NEMA, more than 23,000 households, and upwards of 150,000 people, were hit by the flood.
“At least 286 inmates have reportedly escaped from the Maiduguri Medium Security Custodial Centre following severe flooding, the centre said.
NEMA also reported that about 80 per cent of animals in the zoo have died. While 20 per cent have escaped into the metropolis.
The agency also feared that there might be the spread of water borne disease as a result of the flood.
source: Channels TV
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