President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reappointment of Moji Adeyeye, a professor, as the Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
A statement issued by the agency on Friday indicated that the President approved the second term of Mrs. Adeyeye for five years from December 1.
Mrs. Adeyeye, who was appointed in 2017, ended her first renewable term on November 2.
After the expiry of her first term, Monica Eimunjeze, NAFDAC’s Director of Registration and Regulation, was immediately appointed acting director general of the agency.
Another appointment
According to a statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs, NAFDAC, Abubakar Jimoh, the reappointment approval was given by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha.
Mr. Jimoh said the re-appointment of the Attorney General was a result of monumental achievements and successes in the past five years especially achieving World Health Organization (WHO) Maturity Level 3.
“Adeyeye who officially assumed duty today (Friday) was received by some staff at the Company Headquarters in Abuja,” he said.
“He will reveal his plans for a second term after the holidays.”
About the NAFDAC boss
According to NAFDAC, Ms Adeyeye obtained her B.Sc degree in pharmacy from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in 1976, and proceeded to the University of Georgia where she obtained her MS and Ph.D. in pharmacy in 1985 and 1988.
He is a professor of pharmacy and drug product evaluation at the college of pharmacy, Roosevelt University in Schaumburg, Illinois, USA, and the founding chair of biopharmaceutical sciences at the same university.
He was also a professor of pharmacy and manufacturing for 21 years at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, USA.
He has five patents, more than 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts, book chapters, and books, and more than 140 scientific presentations.
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