Who profits when a child’s fever doesn’t improve because the “medicine” was chalk? Who smiles when a pregnant woman’s antibiotics fail, and the infection returns stronger? Who sleeps well knowing they sold hope in a blister pack and called it business? Nigeria’s fake-drug crisis is not a one-off scandal—it is an ongoing national emergency that turns pharmacies and street stalls  into machines that play kalokalo with peoples’ lives. Families lose money, time, and sometimes lives, while public trust in healthcare quietly collapses. The answer is not only raids and slogans; it is traceability, verification, and data-driven enforcement that makes fake drugs impossible to move. So , who is responsible when treatment fails—not because the disease is stubborn, but because the drug was a lie? Who takes the blame when a parent does everything right—buys the tablets, follows the dosage—and still watches a child get weaker? Who refunds the hours lost, the wages missed, the transport money spe...