By Hassan Zaggi
The Director General of the National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has raised the alarm over the impersonation of her social media accounts by fraudulent individuals.
She disclosed this at a media briefing on Tuesday in Abuja.
The imposters, according to her, are asking for money in exchange for employment and other favours.
Prof. Adeyeye, therefore, advised Nigerians not to have any dealing with anyone on her behalf in the social media.
For this reason, she said, her social media accounts have been suspended.
“The attention of NAFDAC has been drawn to the activities of some imposters and fraudulent individuals impersonating the Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Christiana Adeyeye via her social media account- facebook and Linkendin.
“The imposters are asking for money in exchange for employment and other favours. This is a security breach. NAFDAC and the Director General will never request for gratification to carry out its mandate.
“As a result of this, the social media account of the Director General will no longer be in use until further notice.
“Members of the public are hereby advised to exercise due caution and report any such activity to the EFCC or the Department of State Services in Nigeria,” she said.
Meanwhile, the Director General has warned importers and distributors of medicines to be on the alert and avoid importing the four killer baby products from the Gambia.
The four products, according to her, include Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup and Magrip N Cold Syrup.
Prof. Adeyeye explained that laboratory analysis of samples of the four products by the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed that they contain unacceptable amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol as contaminants.
“Diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol are restricted chemicals which are toxic to humans when consumed and can prove fatal.
“These chemicals are closely related in chemical structure to propylene glycol which is the right vehicle for use in the manufacture of paediatric syrups.
“Poor quality control might have led to non-detection of these dangerous by products and hence the fatality we have on our hands in the Gambia,” she said.
She, however, disclosed that NAFDAC has heightened its monitoring and surveillance activities to ensure that the products do not find their way into Nigeria.
