The new Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Professor Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye, has officially resumed duties with a commitment to lead the agency towards eliminating substandard foods and drugs in the country.
Professor Adeyeye, who disclosed this in Abuja at the agency’s corporate headquarters while addressing the staff on her resumption of duty, said although the NAFDAC had, over the years, made steady progress in protecting the health of the nation, the agency under her administration would continue to ensure the health of all Nigerians and foreigners.
“The concerns of our people are mainly about safety of our drugs, food, medical devices and water. Most people, including those who manufacture fake drugs and sell bad foods or water, do not plan to kill people, but may not fully understand that chemicals can kill hundreds of people easily”.
In his remark, the immediate past Acting Director-General of the NAFDAC, Mr. Ademola Mogbojuri, expressed delight that the agency has yet another professor per excellence to take over the baton of leadership in the NAFDAC, saying “it is a new dawn all hands must be on deck to take the agency to a lofty height where it can remain a reference point in the comity of regulatory agencies in the country”.