Monica Eimunjeze, a director in the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has been appointed as the acting director-general of the agency.
This is following the expiration of the tenure of Professor Mojisola Adeyeye as the DG of the agency.
Adeyeye was appointed the DG of NAFDAC on 3 November, 2017, by President Muhammadu Buhari.
A senior staff in the agency revealed this development on Thursday evening.
The source said to Punch: “The most senior director, Monica, took over. But we have not had a meeting with her because it happened this evening.”
In an internal memo dated 17 November, 2022, Augustine Oboli, an assistant director, said the management is in receipt of a letter appointing Eimunjeze as acting director-general.
Oboli, who copied 27 directors in the memo, said Eimunjeze’s appointment took effect from 12 November.
“The management is in receipt of a letter appointing Dr Monica Eimunjeze as the acting director-general of NAFDAC with effect from 12th November 2022,” the letter reads.
“I am therefore directed to bring this development to you for information and guidance.”
Until her appointment, Eimunjeze was the agency’s director of registration and regulatory affairs.
Before then, she served as the technical assistant to the director-general of NAFDAC and as the director, drug evaluation and research.
Eimunjeze graduated from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, with a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy in 1986 and obtained a doctorate in pharmacy from Mercer University, Georgia, USA.