NAFDAC urges MSMEs to take advantage of FG’s palliatives for business

 

THE director-general, National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration Control (NAFDAC), Professor Mojisola Adeyeye,has urged small-scale business owners to take advantage of the newly launched palliative programmes for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country.

The agency, accordingly, said it would apply such via reduction in registration fees, and assisted E-registration through NAFDAC Automated Product Administration and Monitoring System (NAPAMS).

The MSMEs palliative, a Federal Government’s initiative, is expected to run concurrently in the six  geo-political zones, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Lagos State.

Speaking at the launch of the initiative in Lagos, Adeyeye stressed the importance of MSMEs to the country’s economy, adding that if provided with an enabling environment, they would take the country out of its present rate of unemployment, illicit financial engagements, insecurity, political and social violence.

“There is a need to recognise their role in employment generation and to encourage, grow and support the sub-sector,” she added.

She said the agency, being an active member of the Presidential Enabling Environment Council (PEBEC), has continued to support the job creation agenda of the present administration in line with the provisions of Executive Order No.1.

She said: “One of the provisions is to create an enabling environment for businesses, entrench measures and strategies aimed at promoting transparency and efficiency.

“The agency carried out a lot of reforms of its activities to create an enabling environment for MSMEs businesses to thrive, focusing on micro and small companies.”

The director-general further disclosed that NAFDAC had achieved the creation of Small Business Support Desk (SBSD) to facilitate registration processes for micro and small business operators, reviewed guidelines for registration of products and uploaded them into the website, reduced requirements for registration of some food and cosmetics products.

The agency has granted 50 per cent discount on tariffs for product registration.

She listed other efforts to include, expedited laboratory analysis for samples, allowing micro companies with similar products to share production facilities, non-engagement of consultants by companies for product registration and instructed them to visit NAFDAC offices directly, ninety (90) working days timeline for product registration, among others.

 

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