The PTF Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, gave this indication at the task force press conference in Abuja.
According to the agenda of the meeting, issues such as COVID-19 and herbal medicines as well as NAFDAC food and chemical laboratory testing were discussed. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Wednesday, said the local medicines in Nigeria had not been tested and could be poisonous.On Thursday, the task force Chairman, Mustapha, said the PTF would continue to support efforts to invent a local cure for coronavirus, adding that the ministry of health had started evaluating some claims.
“It is heartwarming to note that the Department of the TCAM has taken the pains to research into scientific materials to come up with a formulation intended for the management of cough in COVID-19 and other cough-related infections.”It said, “Interestingly, all the ingredients that make up the formulations are medicinal plants that are widely used as food materials and medicines.
“In view of the foregoing and the desire of the ministry to showcase to the public a product that is 100 per cent sourced locally, you are requested to carry out the necessary procedures for listing.”on Thursday, NAFDAC Director of Public Affairs, Dr Abubakar Jimoh, explained herbal drugs were listed after it had been confirmed that they were not toxic.
The meeting also had in attendance representatives of the Ministry of Trade and Investment as well as the Department of Traditional and Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the Ministry of Health. The Registrar in charge of Trademarks, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Safiu Adamu, also said there was a need to strengthen the trademark laws so as to promote investment.Meanwhile, the SGF, at the PTF briefing, called on state governments to beef up security at isolation centres to prevent escape of those placed under observations.
“We, however, urge all state governments to continue to pay attention to the welfare of people in isolation and for security agencies to provide adequate security around such facilities to prevent escape.”
Confused people, but u said u won't do that before, continue with your poor vaccine na, Indaboska
Senegal with a UK company developed a rapid test which would be very beneficial for us as it will help reveeal the true disease burden in Nigeria. Why has the govt not made a move to get this so we can really tackle this thing to the ground?
Coming so late but hope they meet the right people and not just to use that to cough out money from the account saying COVID19Nigeria
Madagascar has been rumoured to have developed an effective remedy. Have they sent an envoy to find out the trueness of this claim and procure some? Or they've gotten it for themselves and are sipping it privately.
MBuhari Please listen to Iris Medical foundation, may have solution to Covid-19 for Nigeria, please, try them, I may be prise for Nigeria and Africa
mxzyluli No. Dey for siddon dey wait for WHO
Make una go siddon! Waiting una dey do since?
It's so funny, as vast as our forests are, we still dey look abroad for solutions. If America had our kind of forest, be sure they would sell the world a cure to COVID19 in seconds. Infact, it would be a national security issue, as important as our. oil
Good move
You're obviously keeping malice with Madagascar 😏
NAFDAC not moving quickly enough for use developing innovations to figth COVID19 locally, Nigerian Patent office is also asking us to pay them huge fees to register our COVID19 innovations. Are we taking COVID19 seriously in Nigeria?
They should keep waiting for the WHO approved vaccine
We are blessed with herbs and herbalist but we hate our own and embrace the westerns
Herbalist? I laugh in Latin 🤣🤣🤣!
Dem dey mad. They should go back Ooni of Ife and apologise and then get to listen to him again and get his solution he provided before now.
Very fortunate that God put us in africa with every resource available at our disposal. The power of natural herbs and mineral resources but unfortunately, we keep going after the whites who have discovered their own God given potentials and solutions
Praise God
Talk to Madagascar already plsss
Continue with the stupid moves.... Move closer to the country that have atleast find a solution for now... Ask them how they arrive at it... Yet Ya talking in the nonsense
That's great. Let develop he me made solution to this virus
Now the chicken is coming home to roost, 'the last shall be the 1st, and the first will be last'
FG approach over this pandemic has been quite commendable! atleast make we encourage 🤣
They should be delaying waiting for whites to provide solution for us
Nkan tii a nwa lo si Sokoto, bo ya o wa nii apo sokoto wa. Don't tell me to translate!
EWE ATI EGBO lo le se , NO BE CHALK and CAPSULE.
About time😩 This is something they would have done from the outset of this pandemic. But no, we're waiting for abroad vaccine instead. Follow me, I'll follow back.
Una just wakeup... IFB
Una just dey wake from sleep abi
The only way to go !!! Not threatening us with lockdown by this weak and knowledgess regime
Go to Madagascar
Una don dey wake up?
Na pride dey kill Dem
Who is WHO? This is what we should be doing
Una Sun just dey rise? Mtchewww.....I'm so pissed
Is it a crime or a thing of pride to consult Madagascar ?
They are giving us false hope. They are procrastination gurus
Better than late..
They would have done this since nah
What's our botany students there for?
Ohh, you're fed up waiting for the western drug!!
About time... 🙄🙄🙄 I was starting to wonder if it's only Preek enlargement herbal mixture and s*x stamina drugs we can produce in this country. Follow me I follow back.
Talk to Madagascar
Sense done dey come 😂🤣
This is what they should have done from the beginning, we have the likes of yemkem and Co, but our leaders thinking cap is totally lost
Pray it work out.....