The Senate has ordered its Health committee to investigate an allegation that 42 anti-malaria drugs banned by the European Union (EU) in all countries are sold and consumed in Nigeria.
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The Upper Chamber’s order followed the adoption of a motion Senator Theodore Orji sponsored.
Titled, “Anti-malaria drugs banned by European Union, still being sold and consumed in Nigeria; the need for Senate to investigate,” Orji explained that the drugs which contain substances like plasmotrin, artequin, co-arinate, arco, artecon and dialquin, were banned in EU because they cause kidney failure.
The senator representing Abia central senatorial district alleged that they are still being stockpiled, sold and consumed in Nigeria.
The President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Prof. Mike Ogirima, confirmed the delisting of the dangerous drugs by EU.
