NAFDACEx-DG hands over to Director of Administration
He said that with limited resources, the agency had recorded tremendous achievements in terms of infrastructural development, capacity building of both staff and other critical stakeholders.
The immediate past Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC), has handed over the affairs of the agency to the Director of Administration and Human Resources, Mrs Yetunde Oni.
This is contained in a statement issued by the Director of Special Duties, Dr Abubakar Jimoh, on Friday in Abuja.
It quoted Orhii as saying he left behind a robust institution that will outlast any successor.
It quoted Orhii as saying he left behind a robust institution that will outlast any successor.
He
said that with limited resources, the agency had recorded tremendous
achievements in terms of infrastructural development, capacity building
of both staff and other critical stakeholders.
"As
well the use of cutting edge technologies that has positioned the
agency as a global leader in the fight against counterfeit regulated
products,’’ it said.
Orhii enjoined the staff to support and cooperate with the incoming Director-General to move the agency to the next level.
The statement also said that Oni praised the passion and relentless efforts of Orhii.
She
said that Orhii worked meritoriously in repositioning the agency as a
leading light in the fight against counterfeit and regulated products
globally. She promised to build on the strategies left behind by Orhii
to deliver on the mandate of the agency.
Oni
called for the support and cooperation of staff, and challenged them to
work tirelessly to sustain the legacies left behind by Orhii to move the
agency to greater heights.
Also speaking, former
Director of Narcotics and Controlled Substances in the agency, Mr Hashim
Yusufu, noted that NAFDAC under Orhii had reduced the prevalence of
counterfeit antimalarial medicines from 40 per cent in 2009 to three per
cent in 2015.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
recalls that Orhii assumed office in 2009, until his disengagement on
Feb. 15 after serving out seven years.