NAFDAC Urges Sister Agencies, “Wake up To Your Mandates”
Adeyeye also clarified that some products highlighted in recent reports, particularly imported agricultural produce, do not fall exclusively under NAFDAC’s regulatory mandate.
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NAFDAC Compels Alcoholic Beverages Manufacturers To Pay For Reopening of Sealed Factories
The agency’s Director – General, Prof Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye, also directed the Distillers and Blenders Association of Nigeria (DIBAN), the Association of Food, Beverage and Tobacco Employers (AFBTE), and their member companies who have not complied with the ban on alcoholic beverages packaged in sachets and PET (plastic) bottles below 200ml to do so.
NAFDAC’s DG says 2,000 Staff Not Enough for Regulatory Duties
Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, NAFDAC’s Director-General has admitted that the agency doesn’t have enough staff to effectively carry out its regulatory responsibilities across the country. In a comparison of the agency’s staffing situation with that of Indonesia, she said that with a population of 280 million, Indonesia has 20,000 staff at its regulatory agency, while Nigeria,…