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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has cautioned tanker drivers against using kerosene tankers to carry groundnut oil. The NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, who gave the warning on Tuesday in Abuja, said that the agency got information to that effect. Adeyeye was represented by Mrs Ngozi Onuorah, NAFDAC’s Director of Chemical Evaluation and Research. Newsmen report that Adeyeye spoke at the ongoing nationwide sensitisation campaign by NAFDAC against substandard foods and drugs. She said that using a kerosene tanker to load groundnut oil for human consumption was dangerous to public health. She said: “Using kerosene tankers to load groundnut oil after emptying it is dangerous to public health. ” People do it to make money at the expense of public health; they cut corners but NAFDAC is saying no to this. “It is not permissible. If this is based on ignorance or it is an act of making money at the expense of Nigerians, it must stop. “Th...