NAFDAC appoints Senator Adeyeye’s wife as new NAFDAC boss

The  wife of Senator Olusola Adeyeye representing Osun Central senatorial district at the National Assembly, Professor Moji Christianah Adeyeye has been appointed as the Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, by the Federal Government.

Professor Mrs. Adeyeye who is the founder of Drugs for AIDS and HIV Patients, a nonprofit organization committed to prevention, education, care and treatment of HIV/AIDS children in Nigeria, takes over from Mr. Ademola Andrew Magbojuri who was appointed as the Acting Director-General of NAFDAC in September.

Magbojuri took over from Mrs. Yetunde Oni, who attained the retirement age of 60 years in September and also served in the acting capacity for 18 months following the sack of NAFDAC”s substantive DG, Dr. Paul Orhii.

The new NAFDAC Director-General, attended the University of Nigeria, obtaining a BSc in pharmaceutics in 1976, and went on to the University of Georgia where she obtained an M.S and a Ph.D. in pharmaceutics in 1985 and 1988.

Professor Mrs. Adeyeye is the Chief Executive Officer of Elim Pediatric Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Mrs. Adeyeye is a Professor of Pharmaceutics, Manufacturing Science and Drug Product Evaluation, College of Pharmacy, Roosevelt University, Schaumburg, IL and Chair, Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Roosevelt University, Schaumburg, IL.