Tuesday, October 6, 2026 - The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control NAFDAC, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, has knocked Nigerians blaming the agency for the circulation of fake food products in the market.
In recent times, Nigerians have complained over the alarming
rate of fake food products in circulation. Over the weekend, actress Ruth
Kadiri raised alarm after purchasing ‘fake ginger.”
In a recent interview with Businessday, Professor Adeyeye
said Nigerians are ignorant and fail to read up the mandate of NAFDAC.
According to her, regulation of fresh food products is not within the powers of
NAFDAC but the Ministry of Agriculture. According to Professor Adeyeye, NAFDAC
only regulates processed and semi-processed food items.
In her words
‘’Nigerians are very ignorant, we don't read, we don't
understand. From farm to fork, there are many organizations that are involved.
NAFDAC mandate is for processed or semi-processed food. So the oranges you buy
in the market, we don't, we don't control the oranges we buy in the market,
however, if somebody puts pesticide on that orange, wehave to train the farmer
not to harvest on time. We have to train the farmers with the Ministry of
Agriculture. It is the Ministry of Agric that has the primary mandate for fresh
produce.
However, because we approve and regulate the use of
pesticides, we have the obligation to train them on how to use it based on
direction on the label. We have
We have about 56% illetracy. If it is a literate country,
they will read. Which one ‘’put one teaspoon in one gallon''. Sometimes, our
people don't understand. They think the more you put, the better''
Watch a clip from the interview below
‘You are ignorant, you don't read' NAFDAC boss slams Nigerians for blaming agency over counterfeit food products in circulation https://t.co/I2Dhc8GYF2
— DAILY POST 🇳🇬 (@dailypost_ng) October 7, 2026
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