The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug, Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Dr. Paul Orhii received a prestigious honorary award from the Black Caucus of the United States Congress under the auspices of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP), Georgian Bureau for his global leadership in the fight against counterfeit regulated products. The leader of the delegation who led two other congressmen to present the award to the NAFDAC boss in Abuja, Rep. Dee Dawkins Haigler said Dr. Orhii and his team have worked tirelessly in fighting the menace of counterfeiting of medicines and other regulated products.

Responding, the highly elated Director General of NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhii said the honour shows the increasing international awareness and concern about the global menace of drug counterfeiting and a common resolve to combat the problem frontally. While dedicating the US special congressional award to the staff of NAFDAC and the hapless victims of drug counterfeiting, Dr. Orhii thanked the Black Caucus of the US Congress for the inspiring honour