The Lagos State House of Assembly has warned that the state government will apprehend and prosecute any person or group of persons found hawking drugs on the streets.
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Assemblyman Suru Avoseh, the Chairman of the House Committee on Health Services, gave the warning in Lagos on Friday at the 3rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Lagos State Medicine Dealers Association.
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Avoseh (APC-Badagry I) said that state's Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the leadership of the association, would arrest anyone found hawking drugs on the streets.
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"Hawking of drugs is highly prohibited on the streets of Lagos State; anyone found using wheelbarrow or any other means to hawk drugs will be sanctioned,'' he warned.
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Besides, the lawmaker said that the government would not allow members of the medicine dealers' association to operate illegally.
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He urged them to operate within the laws guiding trade in medicine.
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Avoseh said that the committee had intensified efforts to ensure that members of the association, who applied for certification to operate in the state, were considered.
Well I kind of agree with this cause do many youths and kids are engaging in the trade already.
Hawking generally must stop!