President Bola Tinubu has exempted the boards of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control from dissolution.
However, on Tuesday, the Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey, said NAFDAC and NDLEA would not be affected by the president’s directive.
The statement read, “Further to the directive on the dissolution of Boards of Federal Government Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions, and Government-owned Companies, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation has clarified that the Boards of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration & Control are exempted from such dissolution. “All rights reserved.
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