Disturbed by the increasing spate of the production and sale of fake and counterfeit drugs, the Nigerian Senate has set aside Life Imprisonment for Culprits of Sale and Production of Fake Drugs.

 This decision was disclosed weekend in Abuja at a public hearing organised by the Senate Committee on Health on a new bill, entitled: ‘A Bill for an Act to Amend the Counterfeit and Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods.”

Speaking at the opening of the public hearing, Senate President Bukola Saraki stressed that once the bill was passed into law, anyone convicted of counterfeiting will be sentenced to life imprisonment and also pay a fine of N2 million.

Senator Saraki who noted that beyond life Imprisonment and fines, all assets, investments and property of such convicts aquired through illegal acts of sale and production of counterfeit items would be lost to the federal government According to him, the ongoing amendment of the Act is meant to strengthen punitive measures against persons involved.