Disquiet in NAFDAC, as acting DG stays put

THERE was disquiet yesterday at the National Agency for Foods and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) over the continued stay in office of its Acting Director General (DG), Mrs. Yetunde Oni.

Mrs. Oni, who is presently out of the country, was due to have bowed out of office yesterday, after clocking 60 years.
According to an internal memo dated 2010, the acting DG, who hails from Ogun State, was born on September 21, 1957.

She has been on acting capacity since February last year when President Muhammadu Buhari sent packing heads and boards of agencies under the Ministry of Health.

Source in the agency, who spoke to The Nation, noted that the acting DG proceeded on a foreign trip, when she knew she was due for retirement.

The source, who pleaded anonymity, noted that “matter was even made worse as she is out of the country for a seminar or conference, when she knew that by law, she was supposed to have proceeded on retirement leave.
The Nation, September 22, 2017

 

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