In preparation for the upcoming 2017 Pharmacy Week, the Chairman of the Oyo State Chapter of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) Pharmacist Abiodun Ajibade has advocated for improved local manufacturing of drug in Nigeria.

Pharmacist Ajibade who stated this in an interview with CEOAfrica on Monday said that if local manufacturing of drug is encouraged, it will not only enhance access to quality drugs but also serve as an important part of the country’s industrial set-up which generates significant revenue for the economy development and create employment for the teaming youths.

Noting that the importance of drugs cannot be downplayed in the well-being of a nation, he called on stakeholders, policy making agencies and well-meaning Nigerians’ to support the call in order to curb the increasing prices of imported  drugs and elimination of counterfeit and fake drugs into the country.

The 2017 Pharmacy Week which is themed Pharmaceutical Industry: Panacea to National Economic Recovery will feature a lot of enlightening activities as well as discourse on the role of pharmacy in economic development.

Pharm. Ajibade explained that the programme was organised to deliberate on how the potentials of the pharmaceutical industry can be harnessed to benefit the country economically. He noted that the Managing Director, Miraflash Pharmaceuticals, Pharm. Moses Oluwalade will be speaking on the theme.

 This Pharmacy Week 2017 programme is supported by Bond Chemicals Industries Ltd.

Activities lined up for the event are: Prayers at the University College Hospital (UCH) Mosque on Friday; Health walk and aerobics on Saturday; Thanksgiving Services at Winners Chapel, Bashorun on Sunday; Press Conference and Health Education for NURTW members on Tuesday; Opening Ceremony on Wednesday and Scientific session, exhibition, dinner/award night to round it up on Thursday.