The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has come under public scrutiny following a viral video where she was captured laughing off calls for her resignation amid a growing crisis over counterfeit food and drugs.
The controversial moment occurred during a recent NAFDAC press briefing organized to address the proliferation of suspected fake yoghurt, adulterated palm oil and counterfeit beverages circulating in Nigerian markets.
When a journalist brought up the widespread public demand for her to step down over the agency’s failure to curb the hazard, Adeyeye burst into laughter, brushing off the suggestion.
The reaction has drawn severe backlash across social media, where Nigerians expressed anger over what many view as an insensitive response to a critical public health emergency.
Here are some reactions gathered by DAILY POST
@NwagbaraIzuchuk said, “She’s simply just showing you how top civil servants and politicians view us, with disdain. Like how dare Nigerians, who are supposedly beneath her, even demand her resignation. That’s the reason for the laughter. Them no rate us at all.”
@OLUCHI wrote, “Someone will see this and tell us to hold her accountable instead of the president, if your president was serious, will her kind be in such position?”
@DBeemieborlah said, “There’s something sinister about the older generation in government and top spaces in governmental organisations, It’s not only how they don’t care about the wellbeing of the everyday citizens of Nigeria, it’s how they laugh in our faces knowing there’s nothing we can do to them.”
@Morris_Monye noted, “She’s laughing because Nigerians are a joke to them.
The job of NAFDAC is serious business.”
@sabimarket wrote, “NAFDAC needs to understand that this is not a good representation of their standing currently, there’s highly nothing to laugh about.”
