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SHAMEFUL: Water Is The Only Thing Nigerian Pharmaceutical Companies Don’t Import – NAFDAC
Aug 1, 2020
Mojisola Adeyeye, director-general of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, says the only thing pharmaceutical companies do not import is water.
Speaking when she appeared as a guest on Sunrise Daily, a programme on Channels Television, Adeyeye said there is need for more efforts on local production.
She highlighted the effects of importation and how it has affected the availability of medical supplies in the country in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We were over-dependent. The only thing that the pharmaceutical companies do not import is water. The ingredients are not there and you cannot manufacture ingredients, whether active or non-active in the country without support from the government. That is part of what the government is doing,” she said.
“You cannot set up active pharmaceutical industries without training the personnel; without having solid science foundation.
“That is changing now. There are two or three companies now that are going to be making some pharmaceutical ingredients. We think importation is the best thing, but it is the worst thing that could have happened to us.”
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