The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has dismissed reports making the rounds that it indicted the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria, PCN, over the distribution of counterfeit medicines to Nigerians.
This was contained in a statement by the Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, in Abuja on Sunday.
Adeyeye said the interview she granted to a media outfit on March 1 was misrepresented.
She said that she never spoke against PCN on the alleged distribution of counterfeit drug, stressing that it was a clear mirepresentation of facts by the said media house.
The NAFDAC boss said that she did spoke on ensuring safety of pharmaceuticals and the challenges that arose due to past regulatory inconsistencies.
“NAFDAC implicates Pharmacy Council of Nigeria on counterfeit medicine distribution was misquoted out of context.
“The headline is a gross misrepresentation of the facts conveyed during the press interview granted by the Director-General of NAFDAC on March 1.
“Nowhere in the interview did the D-G implicate the PCN in any wrongdoing.
“The D-G only gave a detailed legal, regulatory, and historical perspective on the roles of the two organisations in ensuring the safety of pharmaceuticals and the challenges that arose due to past regulatory inconsistencies,” she said.