The Director General is the Chief Executive Officer in charge of the day to day activities of the Agency. The office of the Director General (NAFDAC). There are Five (5) offices in the Director-General’s Office supervised by Director Special Duties and Special Assistant. There is also a Lagos Liaison Office located at NAFDAC Administrative Office in Isolo, Lagos State manned by Special Assistant and two (2) Technical Assistants in charge of Food & Stakeholders and Research & Special Projects.
The following Units are supervised by the Director Special Duties:
One-Stop Investment Centre (OSIC): which deals mainly with Investment Promotion (IP), Trade Facilitation (TF) and other trade-related matters as they affect the Agency’s mandate;
Public Relations & Protocol Unit (PR/PU): which is charged with the responsibility of projecting the corporate image of the organization and promoting its activities;
Reforms: which aims at sustaining an effective service-oriented Agency void of corruption and gender discrimination and to maintain a harmonized environment for adequate Staff input and welfare.
While, Special Assistant to the Director General supervises the following Divisions:
Internal Audit: which Provides means of measuring the effectiveness of the system of internal control and accounting; and
Procurement: which facilitates the procurement of goods. Works and services as it may be required by other Directorates/Units in the Agency.
International Strategic Partnership and Trade Office (ISPTO): The International Strategic Partnership and Trade Office (ISPTO) is domiciled in the Office of the Director General and) was established to strengthen NAFDAC’s regulatory visibility, global engagements, and trade facilitation. It serves as a liaison platform between NAFDAC and stakeholders which includes regulators, development partners, economic communities, and multilateral organizations.
Functions of ISPTO
- Strategic Partnership and International Relations
- Trade Facilitation
- Maintain data base of Technical Assistance and Capacity Building from International Interventions
- Participation on National and Global Policy and Advocacy on trade related activities.
- Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting of compliance to registration timelines.
Address
International Strategic Partnership and Trade Office (ISPTO)
Director General’s Office
NAFDAC HQ, Plot 2032 Olusegun Obasanjo Way Wuse Zone7, Abuja.
E-mail: ispto@nafdac.gov.ng
