NAFDAC boss condemns attack on Kaduna office
- Bayo Adetu
- October 27, 2020
- BUSINESS
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Mrs Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye, Director- General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has condemned the attack on its Kaduna state office.
The NAFDAC boss condemned the attack during a visit to the agency’s office on Monday.
She said that the drugs and other products are taken away were fake and counterfeit and would affect the lives of people who use them.
Adeyeye described the incident as shocking and appealed to residents not to take or buy drugs from illegitimate persons because their lives would be at risk.
“My plea to residents is not to take the drugs because their lives are so precious. This is not #EndSARS protest. When I was called and told about it, l couldn’t believe it but seeing it, in reality, is so shocking.
“This is not also stealing but waging war on government properties.
“NAFDAC aim is to save lives. We cannot be derailed with this happening because it is devastating news. With the happening, it will slow our work a little but we are on the rebound and that’s why I am here,” Christianah-Adeyeye said.
She appealed to the staff to be calm as the agency would look for a way forward.
“I am sorry for the happening because it is an invasion on your private space trying to safeguard the people,” she said.