The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Tuesday said it did not conduct any test on the rice distributed to some South-West states by the Nigeria Customs as COVID-19 palliative.
This is contrary to claims made by the Humanitarian Affairs minister, Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouk., that the Nigerian Customs certified the rice for consumption.
Makinde-led government had uncovered the infected rice and promised to rreturn the bags of rice by the Federal Government through the Customs because it was bad and not fit for human consumption.
Speaking on Channels TV on Tuesday evening, NAFDAC Director General, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, said her agency did not certify the rice for consumption because it was not invited to test it.
She said NAFDAC tested and certified only rice distributed in Ikeja, Lagos State and Idi-Iroko, Ogun State, but was not asked to test and certify the one in Ibadan from where other South-West states got their allocations.
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