NATIONAL AGENCY FOR FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL ACT

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NATIONAL AGENCY FOR FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL ACT

CHAPTER N1 LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA, L.F.N. 2004

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I – Establishment of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and

Control and its Governing Council

1.     Establishment of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control.

2.     Establishment of the Governing Council.

3.     Tenure of office.

4.     Removal from office of members of the Council.

PART II – Functions and powers

5.     Functions of the Agency.

6.     Functions of the Council.

7.     Powers of the Council.

PART III – Structure of the Agency

8.     Structure of the Agency.

PART IV – Staff of the Agency

9.     Appointment of Director-General and other staff of the Agency.

10.    Pension.

11.    Removal and discipline of senior staff.

12.    Discipline of junior staff.

PART V – Financial provisions

13.    Fund of the Agency.

14.    Expenditure of the Agency.

15.    Exemption from income tax.

16.    Capital production income.

17.    Disposal of surplus funds.

18.    Annual estimates.

19.    Accounts and audit.

20.    Annual report.

PART VI – Miscellaneous

21.    Offices and premises.

22.    Power to borrow.

23.    Power to accept gifts.

24.    Power to enter the premises, etc.

25.    Offences.

26.    Conduct of proceedings.

27.    Legal proceedings.

28.    Power of Minister to give directives.

29.    Dissolution of Food and Drug Administration and Control Department.

30.    Power to make regulations.

31.    Interpretation.

32.    Short title.

SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULE – Supplementary provisions relating to the Council and the Agency

SECOND SCHEDULE – Transitional provisions relating to the employees, assets and liabilities of the Food and Drugs Administration and Control Department of the Federal Ministry of Health

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NATIONAL AGENCY FOR FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL ACT

An Act to establish the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control with the functions, among others, to regulate and control the importation, exportation, manufacture, advertisement, distribution, sale and use of food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, bottled water and chemicals.

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[Commencement.] [1st October, 1992]                                    

PART 1 – Establishment of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control and its Governing Council

1.      Establishment of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control

There is hereby established a body to be known as the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (in this Act referred to as “the Agency”) which-

(a)    shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal; and

(b)    may sue and be sued in its corporate name.

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