The Director General of the National Agency for Food and
Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Moji Adeyeye, has said that the World
Health Organisation (WHO) is screening the agency for a permit to produce
COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria.
Adeyeye disclosed this at the stakeholders’ interactive
session organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Safety Standards
and Regulations in Abuja yesterday.
Represented by Mr Fori Tatama, the Director, Planning,
Research and Statistics, Adeyeye assured that health, safety and
environment-based issues were taken seriously by NAFDAC.
She said, “The WHO is carrying out an audit of NAFDAC, which
will enable the country to start manufacturing vaccines; the programme started
on Monday and will last till Friday.”
During the session, the Ministry of Labour and Employment
advised the lawmakers to speed up actions on the Operational Safety and Health
Bill.
Mrs Lauretta Adogu, the Director, Department of Occupational
Safety and Health, vowed to ensure proper regulation of safety in workplaces.
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