THE Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, has countered claims by the National Agency for Food Drugs
NAFDAC Director-General Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye had said that her agency was not invited to test the rice distributed in Oyo State by the Federal Government.
It said: “We got an invitation to sample rice from Idi-Iroko from Ogun and Ikeja Customs. Our officials 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 laboratory in Oshodi. We tested the samples and they passed. “The certificate indicated that the rice given to us is fit for human consumption and that was before I even launched the distribution in Lagos State. We will make that certificate available later today.”
On the expansion of the national social register as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari, the minister said three million people are on the register.
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