The House of Representatives has actually urged the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to apprehend and prosecute online drug suppliers.

This resolution is follow up to a motion moved by Luke Onofiok on Tuesday, throughout plenary.

Onofiok raised an alarm over the sale of drugs like viagra, tramadol and other pharmaceutical items without physicians prescriptions by suppliers online.

He worried that the ad of drugs is restricted, for that reason, the federal government needs to do something about it.

“Given the false, overstated media and online advertisement of drugs, members of the public are enticed into purchasing the drugs ranging from dietary supplements, cholesterol-lowering medicine, analgesics, including tramadol and aspirin to Viagra and other sex enhancement drugs, a few of which are unregistered and purchased without a medical professional’s prescription or the recommendations of a pharmacist,” he said.

Other resolutions from the motion consist of a contact the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) to communicate with online marketing companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter, others to efficiently keep an eye on, control and impose advertising requirements against online drug marketers and suppliers

The House urged the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria to sanction and prosecute people participating in the sale and promotion of medications online without the requisite authorization in line with the law developing the Council

It asked the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to take needed action towards securing customers of online drugs