Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General of the National Agency for Foods and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), said on Tuesday that she inherited a debt of N3.2 billion when she assumed office in November 2017.

Adeyeye speaking at an online news conference to highlight the activities of the agency, said that, however, the debt had been settled.

“I am happy to inform you that we have been able to pay our debts and we are also training our 2,200 members of staff to enhance competence, capability as well as productivity.”

According to her, the sum of N7 billion was generated in 2017; while N2.5 billion and N3.1 billion were generated from the agency’s IGR windows in 2018 and 2019 respectively.

She also said that the agency was in dire need of an overhaul to achieve its mandate.

“About 80 per cent of the equipment in the agency‘s laboratories are not functioning, directors have no laptops to work with, incessant industrial actions and lack of utility vehicles are the many problems facing the agency.

“When I resumed office, it was like being thrown into an ocean of problems, so, I started digging into why the agency got into such debt and how to get out of it.

“For 30 years as a professor, my life has been in the laboratory.

“I was shocked when I saw that 80 per cent of the equipment in the NAFDAC laboratories were not functioning. And everything the agency does requires laboratory tests – from water to drugs, food products, chemicals and others.

“We decided to review and overhaul our operations by adopting quality management system which enables us to upgrade the ICT system to ensure online documentation, computerised transactions, e-registration and e-certification of food and drug products,’’ she said.

“I also met about 6,000 backlogs of applications for approval of different products. We also adopted ‘Customer First’ strategy and gave a mandate for the applications to be cleared within two months and it was done.

“Time of approval used to take months but when I came in, the duration for the approval was reduced to 90 days for food products and 120 days for drugs.

“It is very expensive to equip a laboratory as it costs between N270 million and N350 million for one piece of equipment in the laboratory. So, we started to save for the purchase of equipment while we pay off our debt gradually.

“We have seven laboratories across the country and we have bought eight basic equipment, it is not enough because the goal is to have 20 of such equipment, “she said.

Adeyeye said that the quality management system and customer-first strategy adopted had helped to sanitise the agency’s budget and increased its internally generated revenue.

The NAFDAC’s D-G also said that the agency decentralised its operations across the country by establishing 23 directorates for faster and effective service delivery.

According to her, the agency resumed its operations at the nation’s ports and borders in May 2018 to prevent and reduce the influx of substandard and counterfeit products entering the country.

Adeyeye said that the agency was working hard to attain the level-3 of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Benchmark System that would enable vaccines to be produced in the country.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/08/how-i-paid-n3-2-bn-inherited-debt-%e2%80%95-nafdac-dg/amp/

NAFDAC dey collect loan join again or what, despite all the application, licence, approval or whatever fee people dey pay? Let me just hold my lips

Congrats

the same way Nigeria inherited buhari



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This government go just dey complain anyhow

Abi them forget say government is a continuum

The good things way una inherit una nor dey mention that one

We've been inheriting things o, The next president of Nigeria �� will also inherit alarming debts plus curruption.

Lol

My own version of righteousness is a fight, a war and a terror inshort i am a principality

And wen leaving,it will multiple by 2
Gover-men-ti!!!!

Tiif

What can I say?

N what did u do?

No Jonathan to blame this time.

debt everywhere. let me keep hoping for a brighter Nigeria.

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NAFDAC died immediately Dorah left office..

It is well.

lol

Risingblue008:
And wen leaving,it will multiple by 2
Gover-men-ti!!!!

na so

Nice... You "inherited" wtf mentality is this

Is this one campaigning? I did, I met, we have

Just do what you are to do and get the hef off!

That was how one said I have paid workers salary, na me suppose pay am b4. Mtccchew

Do ur best and leave the rest

Thank Heavens the debts are settled
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My prayers is someone like the Daura man doesn't succeed you (amen). He'll borrow X59 of the amount you paid in debts

Ok

When Late Dora Akinyuli ran NAFDAC she fought everyone including her only people to stem fake drugs and she succeeded, today the DG is claiming inheriting debt of N3.2b with little to show in terms of achievement

Doing well

Husband Senator, wife DG NAFDAC,... Husband Professor Wife Professor


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Naija which way..

ok o even DG self don dey inherit debt , ma can u give up more details on debt ,