The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, has described the Executive Order just signed into law by President Bola Tinubu as a significant step towards transforming Nigeria’s health sector and one that would give local manufacturers a chance to excel and be competitive.
Hailing the development in a reaction on Saturday, Adeyeye said the President’s Executive Order aligns with the broader objectives of the National Health Strategic Reform Plan II, NHSRII, and the Presidential Initiative on Healthcare Value Chain , approved in October 2023. “The perennial and persistent costly challenge of importation of all materials needed for manufacturing by local manufacturers became an open sore. As Director General, my professional heart ached for local manufacturers considering the import duties they have to pay for all materials, some packaging materials and equipment,” Adeyeye said.