Fake drugs: NAFDAC spends over $2.4m on procurement of scanning machines in 5 yrs — Adeyeye

REAPPOINTED Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye on Wednesday, said the agency has so far injected over $2.4 million on purchasing scanning machines to test the standard and quantity of drugs either produced locally or imported into Nigeria.

This was as she revealed that her new administration would construct a befitting national headquarters for the agency in the nation’s federal capital city.

Addressing the press following her recent reappointment by President Muhammadu Buhari to steer the ship of the agency for another term of five years, Adeyeye said the

Truscan scanning machines which were 43 altogether, were purchased at the cost of $57,000 each.

She also promised that her new administration would steer NAFDAC not only to attain the World Health Organization, WHO Maturity Level 4 but also World Listed Authority,WLA Status latest by first quarter of 2024.

This,she explained,was her new initiative to enable global trade of Nigeria-manufactured pharmaceuticals through collaborative registration with other regulatory agencies.

The new initiative, Adeyeye further explained, would also enable the agency to attain Vaccine Lot Release ML4 to position Nigeria strategically for vaccine manufacturing.

“It will ensure good manufacturing practice of Nigeria vaccine company and assures quality, safety and efficacy of vaccines manufactured in Nigeria or imported, established vaccine clinical trial research and service pipeline for the local manufacturer, create Women’s Health Office and understudy drug, cosmetics, and food products that affect women, the unborn and the child”, she said.