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NAFDAC DG Says Inherited N3.2bn Debt On Assumption Of Office

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3 years ago

August 26, 2021

Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General, National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has revealed she inherited N3.2 billion as debt on assumption of office in 2017.

Adeyeye disclosed this before the House of Representatives Committee on Finance, during an interactive session on the 2022 to 2024 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) on Thursday in Abuja.

She, however, said that she had been able to off set N3.1 billion from the NAFDAC debt, adding that the agency was in near comatose when she assumed office.

She said when she joined the agency, 80 per cent of the equipment were not working, there were no vehicles, laptops and other working tools.

She said that if the agency’s personnel costs were taken care of, NAFDAC would be self- sustaining, adding that the Federal Government could then pull out from funding the agency.

Adeyeye said that the agency was currently digitising its system to prevent leakages.

She said that that the agency was also building state offices in seven states across the country.

However, members of the committee had earlier asked the NAFDAC DG to make efforts to ensure that the agency became self-sustaining.