The Director North-west Zone of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, Mrs Josephin Dayilim has tasked owners of small and medium scale enterprises in Katsina State to strictly adhere to regulatory standards and ensure safety of the consumers of their products and services, The Courage.
The NAFDAC boss gave the charge during a one-day sensitisation workshop for ATWAP, NAPPMED, Agrochemical Dealers, Master Bakers, Supermarket Operators, Fast Food Restaurants and MSMES at the Federal Secretariat Complex, Katsina on Thursday.
She said compliance to prescribed standards will promote quality heath and the economic growth of the country.
Josephine further disclosed that the event became necessary as a step toward NAFDAC’s commitment to the safety and quality of regulated products circulating in the market throughout the state and beyond.
According to her, “the agency decided to embark on a nationwide workshop in a bid to rijig this mandate today in Katsina State. Katsina is predominantly an agrarian state with quite a number of agric based entrepreneurs springing up with the intention to register one product or the other with the Agency.
“This workshop is indeed timely, as such, will definitely empower such entrepreneurs with better knowledge on how to register their products with NAFDAC with a view to adhering strictly to the standard quality and safety of the products.’’
“I want to appreciate you all for being our genuine stakeholders that play a pivotal role in the economic development of our nation. You are indeed the backbone of our national economy that provides essential goods and services to our teaming population,” she said.
On his part, the chairman, Bakers association Katsina State Alhaji Abdullahi Abdullahi who assured the NAFDAC boss that issues related to bakers in the state will be addressed based on the NAFDAC policies that concern production and other related matters in bakeries.
“I pray to Almighty God to pave way for all of us in this quest for mutual understanding between us and the officials of NAFDAC during this important meeting, and I also pray that what will be discussed today will be beneficial to all of us in making the relationship between us and NAFDAC more cordial.
“I want to use this opportunity to implore our members to comply with NAFDAC guidelines and strictly adhere to the guiding principles to enable the smooth running of our businesses,” Abdullahi admonished.
