By Uzor Odigbo
National Agency for Foods, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) will embark on rigorous but friendly sensitization of various stakeholders on the automated port clearance of NAFDAC regulated products this year (2021).
The Director General of NAFDAC , Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, stated that the current drive of the agency was compliance and to be customer-focused as well as to improve ease of doing business.
Adeyeye, who spoke through Prof. Samson B. Adebayo, the director of Ports Inspection, maintained that the agency was willing to collaborate with any stakeholder to
facilitate trade within the ambit of law both at various ports and in all the formations and departments of the agency.
“NAFDAC as a responsible regulatory Agency has determined to facilitate trade and comply with the Federal Government’s reform agenda for the various ports.
“Our current drive is to encourage compliance, be customer-focused and improve the ease of doing business and this is why the portal for the clearance of NAFDAC regulated products is made very simple and easy to use.
“In the coming quarters of the year, the Agency will embark on rigorous but friendly sensitization of various stakeholders on the automated port clearance of NAFDAC regulated products.
“It is therefore important that all importers and the general public be better informed than the one – sided information provided by the Compliance Team Coordinator of NAGAFF.
“NAFDAC as a responsible organization is willing to collaborate with any stakeholder to facilitate trade within the ambit of law – both at various Ports and in all the formations and departments of the Agency’ the NAFDAC boss declared.