Ogun State Alternate Medicine Board (OGAMB) has tasked herbal practitioners in the state to always ensure proper documentation of their herbal drugs solution to treatment of diseases that can no longer be cured medically
The Board encouraged the herb practitioners to come forward with their confirmed herbal solutions for treatment of any disease
Executive Secretary/Registrar Ogun State Alternate Medicine Board (OGAMB) Dr. Kafayat Lawal who made the call in Abeokuta, during the monthly meeting of the leadership of Alternate Medicine Practitioners in the state, said that doing this would enable the board to achieve its set objectives
Dr Lawal advocating for partnership with practitioners on herbal products, listed the reasons for establishment of the Board to include proper documentation of genuine herbal medicines and provide references for future discovery of herbal drugs
She added that improper documentation by alternate medicine practitioners in the olden days had impeded the growth of the practice.
She said Board was ready to support practitioners who have any herbal solution or medicine that had been confirmed to be effective, to approach the Board for sponsorship of mass production, assuring that government would facilitate laboratory tests and clinical trials
The agency according to her , will assist in securing the needed approval of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), packaging, as well as branding, with propriety rights.
Responding, Chairman, Traditional Healers Association, Chief Toyin Ogatimirin, who appreciated government for its numerous attempts at standardising the practice in the state, assured government of the association’s readiness to cooperate with the Board at achieving all the set goals.
Speaking with journalists in Abeokuta, National President Ewedayepo Traditional Healers Association of Nigeria, Dr, Adesina Olugbemi, commended government for its efforts on development of alternate medicine practice in the state and beyond, pledging members’ support and partnership with the Board.
Reacting, the Olu-Isese of Ogun State, who doubles as the founder, Isese Kingdom of Truth and Traditional Worshippers, Oba Ifarotimi Adifagbola, promising that members of the association would support the Board for the process to be a success in the state.
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