By Fatima Saka
The federal Ministry of Health and social welfare has debunked the news propagate to the appointment Idowu Goodnews Oluwaseyi as Director General of National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD), saying is a false informations.
This was contained in a press release Signed Patricia Deworitshe Director Information and Public Relations on Monday.
According to the statement the attention of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has been drawn to a State House Press Release, making rounds in the media, purportedly signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, by mischief-makers, stating that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Mr. Idowu Goodnews Oluwaseyi as the Director-General of the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD).
The statement read: “The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare wishes to let the general public know that the Press Statement is false and baseless and did not originate from the Presidency. Dr. Obi Adigwe, remains the substantive Director-General of the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development.
“The general public is hereby advised to disregard such fake news, as the Management of NIPRD has not been changed.”
