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Covid-19: Obaseki tasks govt agencies on authentic drugs to manage pandemic

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Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has urged drug regulating agencies in the country, including the National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), to ensure only authentic and effective drugs are used in managing the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Governor Obaseki gave the charge in commemoration of the International Drug Checking Day, marked every March 31.

According to him, while there is no authorised drug with concrete evidence to treat the new virus yet, relevant agencies of government must intensify efforts at protecting citizens from fake and substandard drugs, which litter the market with promise to cure the virus.

Obaseki said: “As we join the rest of the world in marking the International Drug Checking Day, it is imperative that we ensure people are educated on drugs and made aware of their effects, especially now that the entire world is being ravaged by COVID-19.

“While medical experts and scientists battle to produce the right drugs to remedy this public health crisis, some unscrupulous elements have flooded the streets and markets with shadowy therapies and drugs for cure. This is abysmal and unfortunate.

“However, this is a wakeup call to drug regulating agencies, including NAFDAC, SON, the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, and Pharmacists Council of Nigeria, to ensure only verified and authentic drugs are made available for public consumption,” he said.

Condemning the indiscriminate consumption of chloroquine, the governor said the state government would work with the Ministry of Health, Nigeria Medical Association and pharmaceutical associations to direct patent medicine stores to regulate the sale of medicines, especially chloroquine.

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