The stakeholders spoke on Tuesday at a three-day pharmaceutical training themed: “Nigerian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Quality Improvement and Capacity Building ,” which was held in Lagos.
The guest speaker, Professor Martins Emeje, who urged pharmacists to domesticate the training that they acquire in other countries, explained that pre-qualification training and indigenous drug development are vital to the growth of the sector. “If we want to develop as a country, we cannot continue to be the market for others. We must create so that others can be a market for us. When you hear about about medicine security, it means making one’s medicine. If you don’t, you are not secured as a country but vulnerable.”
On his part, Executive Officer of Bloom Public Health, Professor Chimezie, who lauded the government for supporting the training, said manufactures should also do the same.