WATER IS THE ONLY THING NIGERIAN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES DONT IMPORT – NAFDAC DG, MOJISOLA ADEYEYE
Favouriteblog9ja WATER IS THE ONLY THING NIGERIAN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES DONT IMPORT – NAFDAC DG, MOJISOLA ADEYEYE The Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mojisola Adeyeye has elucidated the need for increased local production in the country. Speaking in a Channels Television programme, Mojisola said the only thing Nigerian pharmaceutical companies do not import is water. The NAFDAC DG also revealed how importation affected the availability of medical supplies in the country in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. She said; “We were over-dependent. The only thing that the pharmaceutical companies do not import is water. The ingredients are not there and you cannot manufacture ingredients, whether active or non-active in the country without support from the government. That is part of what the government is doing. “You cannot set up active pharmaceutical industries without training the personnel; without having solid science f...