The Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, has urged Nigerians to embrace Nigerian-made herbal medicine and reduce their dependence on foreign counterparts.
The Deputy Director, AB Pharmaceutical Services, Oluwatoyin Afolabi, said Nigeria’s continued reliance on foreign herbal products, despite the country’s indigenous medicinal resources and growing research capacity, amounted to a form of economic and medical dependence that must be urgently addressed.
Afolabi spoke in Ado Ekiti on Saturday during a two-day AB Pharmaceuticals Business Summit organised by ABUAD in collaboration with pharmaceutical marketers.
At the summit, ABUAD presented three pharmaceutical products of the university – AB Mal, ABUAD Virucidine and AB Health Animation 250mg, as part of efforts to expand the reach of the products developed by the university.
The deputy director said the summit initiative was driven by ABUAD founder’s vision of ensuring that Nigerians could increasingly rely on medicines developed and produced within the country.
She said, “The
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