NiNAS carried out first set of Assessments

NiNAS carried out first set of Assessments

NiNAS participated in the Assessment of Laboratories for ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation and interacted with the Lead Assessors from ENAO.

Laboratory assessments were scheduled in January to February 2018 to assess laboratories that applied to NiNAS for ISO17025 accreditation. NiNAS participated in the process for two laboratories in Lagos, Bato and SELFA laboratories from 20th to 22nd of February, 2018.

BATO and SELFA laboratories were successfully assessed against ISO/IEC 17025 standard and NiNAS  requirements. Phase 4 training was conducted for five NiNAS trainee assessors and Assessment findings were shared with the laboratories. This brings the number of the first set of assessments done by NiNAS to eight.

NiNAS carried out first set of Assessments(1)
The Role of Accreditation in Improving Quality, Safety and Efficacy of Pharmaceutical Products

The Role of Accreditation in Improving Quality, Safety and Efficacy of Pharmaceutical Products

The CEO of NiNAS, Celestine Okanya, presented a scientific paper on The Role of Accreditation in Improving Quality, Safety and Efficacy of Pharmaceutical Products at Faculty of Drug Production and Quality Assurance of West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists, Yaba, Lagos.

West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists is the apex institution for Pharmacists in ECOWAS region. It is the centre that produces the “Fellows” of the Profession. In preparation for graduation of these Fellows who are or will become the industry leaders, the college organizes seminars and conferences in emerging issues and areas of their practice. Accreditation is considered and emerging trend in the sub-region and the entire world.

Nigeria National Accreditation Service ( NiNAS) was therefore invited to make a presentation TITLED: THE ROLE OF ACCREDITATION IN IMPROVING QUALITY, SAFTEY AND EFFICACY OF PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS”

This meeting also provided great opportunity for NiNAS to not only initiate collaboration with the college and the industrial pharmacists, but also to market her services to the pharmaceutical industries.

Other papers where presented by several scholars – in different quality assurance related topics such an ISO standards, Good manufacturing Practice, Quality Assurance and Standard Operating Procedures. NiNAS’s paper provided the role of accreditation in improving quality, safety and efficacy of Pharmaceutical products.

This event provided a great publicity and stakeholder’s engagement opportunity for NiNAS especially in letting the public know that we have commenced operations and provision of accreditation services to the industries.

The Role of Accreditation in Improving Quality, Safety and Efficacy of Pharmaceutical Products(1)
The Role of Accreditation in Improving Quality, Safety and Efficacy of Pharmaceutical Products(2)
NiNAS holds first joint BOT, BOD and AAC meeting

NiNAS holds first joint BOT, BOD and AAC meeting

The Nigeria National Accreditation Service held its first ever joint BOT, BOD and AAC meeting on Saturday, 3rd February, 2018 at BON Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria. The 2-day event commenced on February 2nd with a joint meeting of the Board of Directors (BOD) and Accreditation Advisory Committee (AAC). This was followed on Saturday 3rd February with the Board of Trustee (BOT) members joining the meeting.

The joint meeting created an atmosphere where the three arms of NiNAS governance were able to meet and discuss crucial issues that will move the organisation forward.

The meeting also witnessed the presentation of the BOT members to the governance team, official inuaguration of the BOD members, inauguration of the AAC members.  Election was conducted for the chairpersons of the Board of Directors and Accreditation Advisory Committee.

Prince (Sir) Degun Agboade, President and Chairman of Council for Nigeria Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME), was elected chairman for the Board of Directors while Dr. (Pharm.) Okey Akpa, Chairman of  pharmaceutical Manufacturers Group of Manufacturers Asociation of Nigeria (MAN), was elected as the Chairman of Accreditation Advisory Committee. Dr. Dahiru Adamu remains the chairman, Board of Trustees.

BOD and AAC members also had separate inaugural meetings.

1st ECOWAS Quality Infrastructure Forum

1st ECOWAS Quality Infrastructure Forum

The ECOWAS Commission organized a forum on Regional Quality Infrastructure, in Dakar, Senegal, from the 29th of January to the 1st of February  2018.

This Forum is part of the dynamic of the implementation of the Common Industrial Policy and the ECOWAS Quality Policy, both adopted by the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government.

It was organised within the framework of the West Africa Quality System Programme (WAQSP) funded by the European Union and implemented by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).

The objective of this Forum was to bring together the principal regional and international actors on quality on the main themes, in order to strengthen the promotion and sustainability of the regional quality infrastructure being set up. The following activities were carried out during the Forum:

  • Set up of the remaining structures of the ECOWAS Regional Quality  Infrastructure Scheme, particularly the Community Council for Quality (CCQ) and the ECOWAS Quality Agency (ECOWAQ);
  • Organisation of the WAQSP fourth Enlarged Steering Committee meeting;
  • Promotion of the quality system (regulation and technical structures), set up in the region;
  • Mobilisation of technical and financial partners, for the financing of activities related to the promotion of quality in the region;
  • Mobilisation and sensitization of all concerned actors, particularly consumers and businesses, on the issues of quality culture.
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