Ban Tramadol, Codeine syrup now, pharmacist tells NAFDAC

Date: 2016-09-23

A Pharmacist, Mr. Yakub Lai Gobir has called for strict enforcement and joint taskforce to curb drug abuse in Nigeria.

Lai Gobir who made the call while fielding questions from Journalists in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital, also stressed the need for the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Custom, Immigration, and Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria to collectively work together towards addressing the menace.

The pharmacist, who decried the abuse of drugs in the society, emphasized the need for all the agencies saddled with the responsibility to control the use of drugs to employ the service of professionals.

Gobir asked the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control to immediately de-register drugs that had been misused in the society, such as Tramadol, Codeine syrup and other drugs that have affected people psychologically.

According to him, people are now highly addicted to such drugs, stressing the need to withdraw them from circulation to safeguard the health of the people and avoid societal disorder as a result of abuse of prescribed medications.

Gobir charged the National Orientation Agency and all the thirty six states Ministry of Information to create awareness on the abuse of drugs by counseling the youths on the dangers of the menace.

He also stressed the need to have rehabilitation centres across the country to counsel and rehabilitate the victims of drug abuse and people that are generally dependent on drugs.

Gobir said government should not rely only on religious leaders to counsel the youths but should also address socio-economic problems that influenced people to engage in abuse of drugs.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdulmajeed Wahab     Bisi Kristien     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     IsDB     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Arik     Oniye     Yakub Lai Gobir     Sarkin Malamai     Elelu     Naira Redesign     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Shagari     Yaman     Shehu Salau     Saka Onimago     Www.Kwarareports.com     Olabanji Orilonishe     GRA     Noah Yusuf     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Opobiyi     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Idowu Laro     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Idris Garuba     Baaziki Sulaiman     IQRA College     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Pategi     Kale Belgore     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Press Release     Kwara Metro Park     Peter Amogbonjaye     Emir Of Ilorin     Tosin Saraki     Ajase-Ipo     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Ahman Pategi University     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Adisa Logun     General Hospital, Ilorin     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Moshood Mustapha     Bello Oyebanji     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Odolaye Aremu     Abdulkarim Adisa     Balogun-Ojomu     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Oluranti Idowu     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Ajidagba     Salaudeen Oyewale     Ayinke Saka     Jide Ashonibare     Ijagbo Health Centre     Young Progressives Party     Saraki     Orisun Igbomina     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Saka Aleshinloye     Okin Group     Okanlawon Musa    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Adisa Logun     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Amuda Aluko     Saliu Alamoyo     Olatunji Bamgbola     Kwara Hotel     Yusuf Arowosaye     Durbar Festival     Kwara 2015     College Of Health     Bankole Omisore     Mutawalle     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Ayinde Oki     Peter Amogbonjaye     KW-GIS     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Kwara 2023     Kunle Akogun     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Col. Adedipe     Popo-Igbonna     Temi Kolawole     Federal Allocation     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Sidikat Akaje     Tunji Olawuyi     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Ubandoma     MalHub     Lukman Adeloyin     Bello Bature     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Samuel Adaramola     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Kaosarah Adeyi     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Sabi     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Aiyedun     Oba Of Jebba     Centre For Digital Economy     Mary Arinde     Osuwa     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     3MTT     BIR     Babatunde Idiagbon     Bayo Ajia     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Umar Ahmed Gunu     KWIRS     Olaiya Zuberu     Kwarareports.com     Saliu Mustapha     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Mufti Of Ilorin     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Coronavirus     A.E. Afolabi     Suleiman Ajadi     Bature Bello     Face Masks     Baruba     Charcoal     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Funmilayo Oniwa     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Share     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Omar Bolaji Gambari