By Dare Akogun
The Director-General National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) , Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye has noted that her regime has brought sound infrastructure, equipment and a conducive work environment for staff and accessible office locations for stakeholders alike.
Prof Adeyeye made this known at the commissioning of the agency’s state-of-art office including warehouse and testing laboratory in Ilorin the Kwara State capital.
According to her “At the time I assumed office, most of the NAFDAC Offices were situated in Federal Secretariates within the states or rented apartments which were not good enough for corporate image of the agency and in most cases difficult for MEMEs and other stakeholders to access.
“With the support of the presidency, National assembly and the NAFDAC Governing Council, we commenced the building of state offices across them country out of which seven (7) have been completed and we are now in them process of commissioning them. This is the second in the role of the commissioning exercise to the glory of God, ” she said.
In meeting the mandate of the agency, the NAFDAC boss said the management under her supervision had “embarked on a journey of strengthening the processes of the agency through the establishment and continual improvement of the Quality Management System in the agency which has transitioned over the years to a robust platform for institutionalizing resourceful leadership.
The agency also revealed that it made an achievement by attaining a maturity level 3 in the WHO Global Benchmarking Tools, placing the NAFDAC among the recognized regulatory agencies in the world.
“It is pertinent to state here that these huge achievements would not have been possible without a committed and dedicated workforce and a very supportive governing council,” the agency boss stated.
Earlier in his remarks the Senator representing Kwara Central in the National Assembly Dr Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe said the edifice is one of his legacy projects, using his influence as the Chairman Senate Committee on Health to facilitate the office to the benefit of humanity.
He said the new office would, undoubtedly, not only boost the service delivery of the agency in the State but as well provides job opportunities for youths in the state.
Oloriegbe added that the challenges being faced by budding entrepreneurs who need the service of the agency but most time travel down to Ibadan office of the agency before getting their cases resolved will now be a thing of the past.
The Senate committee chairman on health thereafter assured the people of kwara central to continue to do his best at giving quality representation to his people till his last day in office as senator.
