Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General of the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has revealed how she was asked for bribe by the House of Representatives Committee on Healthcare Services.
She made the disclosure on a Channels TV programme on Friday.
Adeyeye recalled that the committee asked her for the bribe in the form of “money for welfare” when they visited her in December, 2017.
She said: “When I came to NAFDAC, there were a lot of things that were wrong. Take oversight function or whatever that is done, I was shocked when I was told to give money, I said money for what? Money to the committee that visited us? The health care services committee of the house of representatives.
“This was 2017 December, not even a month to my resumption. We don’t have another country, this is Nigeria. I was shocked first because this was the same day I went for a Powerpoint presentation… we don’t have equipment, about 70 percent of our equipment need to be upgraded.
“We don’t have vehicles and you use vehicles to go after the bad guys or to ensure compliance. Our directors didn’t have computers, laptops, it was shortly after that, they then asked me (and said) we need welfare.
“I said I cannot. For just the visit? I couldn’t believe my ears because it saddens me. Yes, it can be referred to as them asking for bribe. It saddens me. This is an organisation that was bleeding profusely.
“It wasn’t taken well at all. I was threatened and I couldn’t believe that too, you are threatening me? It saddens me because we don’t have another country.”
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