Sadiya Farouq, has said the bags of rice distributed to states were 'tested' by the National Agency for Food Drugs and Administration Control (NAFDAC).
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However, three days after taking delivery of the rice, Oyo State Government, through the special adviser to the governor, Debo Akande, at a press conference rejected the rice, saying they were not fit for human consumption. Mrs Adeyeye who spoke on Channels TV on Tuesday said the agency was only invited to take samples of rice from Idi-Iroko, Ikeja, and Ogun state “but was not asked to test and certify the ones in Ibadan from where other South-west states got their allocations.”
”So, I cannot say anything about the Ibadan Command rice that went to Oyo and possibly to Osun State,” Mrs Adeyeye said.Mrs Farouq while speaking at the daily Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing on Wednesday said members of her ministry got a certificate “issued by NAFDAC”.
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