The Director of Public Affairs National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Dr. Abubakar Jimoh has retired, after 30 years of service to the nation.
This was disclosed in a press release issued Thursday by Onche Odeh, a media adviser in the agency in Abuja.
Dr. Jimoh, who was one of the several of directors in the Federal Civil Service affected by the eight- year tenure policy of the federal government for directors, has handed over to one of the deputy directors, Mr. Paul Oyemonlan, in an emotion laden meeting with staff of Public Affairs department across the country.
He was employed in 1993 when NAFDAC was newly established and was saddled with onerous task of setting up the public relations unit for the fledgling agency.
Barely two years into the operations of NAFDAC, Dr. Jimoh deployed his investigative journalism skill that led to the arrest of two Chinese nationals, Messrs Fred Huang and Joseph Huang and confiscation of 28 lorry loads of counterfeits medicines worth millions of naira imported into the country.
In 1999, he was given double promotion by the pioneer Director General of NAFDAC Emeritus Professor Gabriel Osuide for his hard work, dedication to duty and confrontation with drug counterfeiters.
Dr. Jimoh had also received the best worker’s award and letters of commendation from successive Directors General, late Prof. Dora Akunyili and Dr. Paul Orhii.
In 2018, Dr. Jimoh was one of the members of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse (PACEDA) inaugurated by former President Muhammadu Buhari.
He worked very hard and assiduously under the chairmanship of Brigadier – General Muhammed Buba Marwa who is currently doing a great job as Chairman of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).