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FG appoints acting DG for NAFDAC

The federal government has approved the appointment of an acting Director-General for, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Monica Eimunjeze.

SOLACEBASE reports that the appointment follows the expiration of the tenure of its immediate past DG, Prof. Moji Adeyeye.

This was confirmed in a leaked internal memo of NAFDAC sighted by SOLACEBASE and signed by the agency’s Director of Human Resources Management, Oboli A.U, dated 17 November, notifying  directors of various units and departments of the appointment of Monica Eimunjeze as the acting director-general.

The memo, with reference number NAFDAC/ADM/SM/075, said the acting appointment takes effect from 12th November, 2022.

According to the memo, “The management is in receipt of a letter appointing Dr Monica Eimunjeze as the Acting Director General NAFDAC with effect from 12th November, 2022.”

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“I am therefore directed to bring this development to you for information and guidance.”

Recalls that Prof. Moji Adeyeye, who was appointed in 2017, ended her first term of office on 2 November.

The new acting director general of NAFDAC, Monica Eimunjeze studied Pharmacy at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, and graduated in 1986.

She later bagged her Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D) from Mercer University, Atlanta Georgia and a Master of Science (MSc) in Biotechnology, Innovation and Regulatory Science from Purdue University.

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