PECO News (Abuja – 19th July 2013):

The Deputy High Commissioner of Pakistan at Nigeria Mr. Ahmed Ali Sirohey visited office of the Director General NAFDAC at headquarters at Abuja, Nigeria along with Director PECO Mr. Ibrahim Bin Maqsood at Nigeria for improvement of bilateral relations involving NAFDAC. Deputy High Commissioner appreciated the efforts made by NAFDAC under his dynamic leadership to combat fake, counterfeit and unregistered drugs. It was also informed to Director General about business delegation visit to Nigeria involving 8-10 Pharma companies. The DG assured of his best cooperation in improvement of business volume between Pakistan & Nigeria. The Deputy High Commissioner also invited DG and his team to Pakistan for discussing the possibilities of cooperation in field of drug quality, production technologies and business facilitation to Pakistani investors. The DG accepted the invitation and suggested September 2013 for the same. The PECO will coordinate his proposed trip. The DG presented his agency annual report to Deputy Amb Sirohey to conclude the meeting.

Dated: 19 July 2013