The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq has countered claims made by National Agency
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food Drugs and Administration Control , Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye had said her agency was not invited to test the rice distributed to Oyo state by the federal government.
NAFDAC said: “We got an invitation to sample rice from Idi-Iroko from Ogun and Ikeja Customs. Our staff went to Idi-Iroko and Ogun to sample the rice and they also went to Ikeja to sample rice, some of the samples are still in our lab in Oshodi. We tested the samples and they passed. She said: “We still stand by what we said because this was what was conveyed to us by Customs and we have a certificate to that effect.
“Ebonyi and Ogun states that were not on the register are currently being captured and by next week, they will be able to join the social register before we move to the beneficiaries register.”
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