NAFDAC Gets WHO Level 3 Certification

NAFDAC Gets WHO Level 3 Certification

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has been characterised as Maturity Level 3 Regulatory Agency by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

The director-general of NAFDAC, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, who disclosed this yesterday at a press briefing In Abuja,said the development means that the country has the capacity to manufacture vaccines that can be acceptable globally.

She said, “With this feat, any drug we approve here can be traded globally. We have already started the process with the construction of a vaccine laboratory in Oshodi, Lagos.

“We are working on level 4. This will also bring good news to our pharmaceutical companies in the country. This has also shown that our laboratory testing is at the best stage, the quality of drugs are better, market control is better, and registration of products, which they saw improvements despite few challenges.

Adeyeye further stated that the feat was achieved through the tremendous support of President Muhammadu Buhari who magnanimously gave N736m to equip the agency’s laboratories.

She said, “When I came on board, 70 to 80 per cent of our laboratories equipment were not working and President Buhari intervened and gave us 736 million to equip our laboratories.

“President Muhammadu Buhari also gave us N4billion to buy more equipment and build a vaccine laboratory which is almost completed. It is the tools that earn us this, and I thank President Muhammadu Buhari for his kind gestures.

“We are already working on Maturity Level four which will enable any products we approved as a regulatory agency to be traded globally.Since we don’t produce, the pharmaceutical companies that produce will have a larger market.