FG to spend over N1bn as compensation for codeine seizures — NAFDAC boss vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
Prof. Moji Adeyeye, the Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control , on Monday said the Federal Government would pay more than N1 billion as compensation to the companies that had their codeine impounded more than a year ago.Adeyeye disclosed this on Monday in Lagos at a news conference to debunk a newspaper report that 70 per cent of medicines in Nigeria are fake.
“Since that time, we have been having a series of meeting with many government agencies and committees such as National Security Adviser group, the Presidency and the Ministry of Health. “We are working on whatever the Ministry of Health is doing now to reimburse those companies affected. We just called a meeting about the last two weeks on it.
“We are also working with the local manufacturers to make sure that their products attain the international standard,” she said.
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