NAFDAC Bans Petroleum Tankers From Transporting Cooking Oil

National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has ordered petroleum tankers to halt transport ing edible oil.

At a gathering with the enactment of the National Union of Edible Oil Tanker Drivers of Nigeria (NUEOTDN) and edible lipid manufacturers, the agency’s manager of Investigations and Enforcement, Dr Martins Iluyomade, expressed interest implicit the usage of the aforesaid tankers meant for petroleum products to transport edible Oil.

Iluyomade, besides a subordinate of the Federal Task Force connected Fake Drugs, issued a seven-day ultimatum to tanker owners to person dedicated trucks for the sole proscription of edible oil.

According to the NAFDAC director, the directive was to support nationalist wellness and forestall Nigerians from taking adulterated cooking lipid protected nationalist wellness and prevented

He said implicit 200 cardinal Nigerians are straight oregon indirectly utilizing cooking oil, truthful the bureau indispensable instrumentality steps earlier they autumn prey to cooking lipid mixed with petroleum products.

“Calling for this gathering with members and the enforcement of the National Union of Edible Oil Tanker Drivers of Nigeria (NUEOTDN) and the manufacturers is based connected the program to halt petroleum merchandise drivers from switching tankers meant for petroleum products for edible oil.

“We are making it mandatory for each manufacturers of Edible lipid and the tanker drivers to person dedicated tankers meant purely for conveying cooking oil, arsenic the lives of implicit 200 cardinal Nigerians could beryllium astatine hazard by utilizing specified tankers.

“We are giving them up to the archetypal week successful October to person their tankers painted to greenish tankers, portion the assemblage caput volition transportation the stickers of the National Union of Edible Oil Tanker Drivers of Nigeria (NUEOTDN) for aboriginal identification.”

Earlier, Comrade Funmi Sessi of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Lagos State Council, commended NAFDAC for processing specified instructions arsenic a preventive measure.

Sessi, represented by the Vice Chairman, Comrade Olabisi Adebayo, said the national would comply with the NAFDAC directive.

“On behalf of the Chairman, NLC Council, Comrade Funmi Sessi, I privation to commend this latest determination by  NAFDAC. We  are blessed about  specified a move, which  our   national members must  comply with.”