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To combat counterfeit drugs, Governor Soludo unveils a plan to establish a centralized wholesale drug center in Anambra.

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As part of his efforts to standardize the drug market and eradicate fake and counterfeit drugs, Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo has announced plans to construct a coordinated wholesale drug center in Oba, Idemili South LGA. The relocated and standardized Ogbo ogwu market, Onitsha's arguably largest open drug market, will be housed in the new center. "As a government, we are already building a coordinated wholesale drug centre in Oba, Idemili South LGA, that will accommodate the new and standardised Ogbo ogwu market. This is our own contribution to ending the current chaotic market environment where fake and counterfeit drugs thrive. "Onitsha remains the largest trading hub in Africa, we will further expand this status to a more befitting height," he said. Onitsha's Ogbo ogwu and adjoining market were visited by Soludo, who learned that the nearby plumbing materials market had been shut down because of shops selling illegal drugs. The governor ordered an ex...
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Japa: 67% of Nigerian doctors work in UK, NHS’ll struggle if they leave – Pate

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The Planning Priest of Wellbeing and Social Government assistance, Muhammad Pate, has uncovered that no less than 67% of Nigerian specialists practice in the Unified Realm.

He likewise expressed that Nigerian-prepared specialists and medical caretakers are sought after around the world, adding that the Public Wellbeing Administration (NHS) in the UK would battle assuming Nigerian specialists pull out from the plan.

Talking during an appearance on Stations TV's Governmental issues Today program on Tuesday, Pate recommended that nations employing Nigerian wellbeing laborers, similar to the UK, ought to grow pre-administration schooling programs in Nigeria to adjust the movement of experts with neighborhood preparing endeavors.

The Planning Priest of Wellbeing and Social Government assistance, Muhammad Pate, has uncovered that no less than 67% of Nigerian specialists practice in the Unified Realm.

He likewise expressed that Nigerian-prepared specialists and medical caretakers are sought after around the world, adding that the Public Wellbeing Administration (NHS) in the UK would battle assuming Nigerian specialists pull out from the plan.

His words: “UK will need Nigerian doctors. 67% of our doctors go to the United Kingdom, and 25% of the NHIS workforce is Nigerian.


Talking during an appearance on Stations TV's Governmental issues Today program on Tuesday, Pate recommended that nations employing Nigerian wellbeing laborers, similar to the UK, ought to grow pre-administration schooling programs in Nigeria to adjust the movement of experts with neighborhood preparing endeavors.

“The recruitment countries that recruit our professionals, should they not have some responsibilities to help us expand the training? Because the strain of health workers’ migration is continuous, it’s not going to stop tomorrow.


“Does the UK, for instance, want to consider expanding the pre-service education? Can we have corridors that allow us to have a compact that ‘you’ll take so but you will also help us train more so you will replace them’? That is in the realm of health diplomacy and ethical replacement.


“Nigerians are very vibrant, very entrepreneurial, and very capable wherever they are. If Nigerians hold back from the UK, for instance, the NHS will struggle to provide the services that many Nigerians are going there to get.”


The minister also noted that over 75% of health workers trained in Nigeria in the past year have left the country for opportunities abroad.


He added that, while the government cannot restrict freedom of movement, efforts will be made to create a more favourable environment to encourage health workers to stay and practice in Nigeria.


“We’re not stopping anyone from leaving. We’re accepting that migration is here to stay—people will leave, some will come back, and some will migrate here from elsewhere.


“You’re free to leave, but we will work on making the environment more conducive, to make you more likely to stay than leave, and to attract/incentivise those who’ve left, to come back,” he said.


Pate added that the newly approved National Policy on Health Workforce Migration by President Bola Tinubu will provide incentives for medical workers to stay in Nigeria through improved welfare and enhanced capacity development.


Also read: ₦570bn Hardship Grant: FG Didn’t Give Any State Money, Makinde Counters Tinubu

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