Governor Willie Obiano has assured pharmacists in Anambra state of his continuous support.
Governor Willie Obiano gave the assurance during the opening ceremony of the twenty second Annual National Conference of the Association of Industrial Pharmacists of Nigeria, held at the Golden Tulip Agulu Lake Hotel, Anambra State.
The conference which drew participants from the thirty six states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja was an avenue for members of the association to appraise their performance, successes and loopholes with a view to improving on their service delivery as well as be in tandem with the global best practices.
Declaring the conference open, Governor Willie Obiano represented by the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joe Akabuike commended members of the Association for the strategic job they are rendering to the society and explained that his administration will always partner the Association for the state to be the best in terms of health care delivery.
Governor Obiano maintained that plan is in the pipeline to create a pharmaceutical park in the state to ensure that they are doing their business with ease, while appealing to them to do all within their power to stamp out quacks in the profession, wished them a fruitful celebration.
The National President, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Pharmacist Sam Ohuabunwa said that though pharmacists in Nigeria are trying, there is a compelling need for them to step up their game as global market is becoming competitive and the country must follow suit or risk lagging behind.
The President, Association of Industrial Pharmacists of Nigeria, Pharmacist Ignatius Anukwu explained that they came to discuss and come up with work plan that will enable them commence strategic repositioning of the industry in order to develop and produce more competitive and innovative drugs for the local and international markets.
In a keynote address, Dr. Chigozie Anyakora of the United State Phamacoepia, regretted that the industry still imports about seventy per cent of the finished pharmaceutical products abroad and that Nigeria has the highest death rate after India in the world, calling for an urgent development of strategic plan to revive the industry.
The State Chairman of the Association. Pharmacist Ephraim Anyachebe equally delivered an address at the conference which has its theme as “Disruptive Innovations: Unleashing the Nigeria Pharmaceutical Industry”.
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