Read the passage below carefully and evaluate the statement that follows:
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) was formally established by Decree No. 15 of 1993, as amended by Decree No. 19 of 1999, to regulate and control the manufacture, importation, exportation, distribution, advertisement, sale, and use of food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, chemicals, and packaged water in Nigeria. Prior to its establishment, drug regulation in Nigeria fell under the purview of the Food and Drugs Administration Directorate of the Federal Ministry of Health. However, rampant proliferation of counterfeit pharmaceuticals in the late 1980s exposed the inadequacies of the Ministry's structure. Consequently, NAFDAC was granted full autonomy as an executive agency under the supervision of the Ministry of Health, with its official operational headquarters initially situated in Abuja. Professor Dora Akunyili, appointed as Director-General in April 2001, spearheaded aggressive enforcement campaigns that significantly reduced fake drugs nationwide.
Statement: Prior to NAFDAC's creation in 1993, drug regulation in Nigeria was conducted by a fully autonomous executive agency independent of the Federal Ministry of Health.
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