The Federal Government has appointed a new acting Acting Director General of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC) in the person of Ademola Magbojuri.
Consequently, Yetunde Oni, who was there for 18 months following the exit of Dr.Paul Orhii without confirmation before Magbojuri had been directed to immediately proceed on retirement.
NAFDAC’s directive removing Oni was contained in a letter signed by the Permanent Secretary of the agency and dated September 28.
Regardless, Mrs. Oni clocked the retirement age of 60 last week.
The letter removing Oni reads: “I write to refer to your letter Ref No. NAFDAC/AgDg3/441/Vol 1 dated 28th August 2017 on the above subject and to inform you that approval has been granted for you to proceed on retirement immediately.
“Meanwhile, you are to hand over to the most senior director in the agency.”
Magbojuri was the most senior director in NAFDAC until his appointment, and was in charge of the agency’s Training and Research Institute in Kaduna.
He had also served as Director of Finance and Accounts before he was redeployed to the agency’s Planning, Research and Statistics unit.