Ban Tramadol, Codeine syrup now, pharmacist tells NAFDAC
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.
N-Power Chikanda Olatunde Oyeyiola Kunle Suleiman Abdulrahman Abdulrasak Lanre Issa Onilu Federal Road Maintenance Agency Gamji Members Association Oye Tinuoye Kayode Ishola Chemiroy Nigeria Limited Gobirawa Kayode Laro Olaiya Lawal Jide Oyinloye Bilikisu Gambari Centre For Digital Economy Yekeen Alabi Abdulrasheed Akogun Yusuf Olaolu Ali Yusuf Amuda Aluko Kola Bukoye Opolo Global Innovation Limited Omu-aran Boko Haram Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited Ibrahim Taiwo Road Shuaib Olarongbe Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf Ghali Alaaya Akanji Yusuf Ali Oyedun Juliana Funke Nigerian Medical Association College Of Health Abdulfatai Ahmed Age AbdulKareem Binta Abubakar Mora Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman Mumeen Lah Binta Sulyman Tayo Alao Yakubu Danladi Dan Iya General Hospital Students Union Government Ibrahim Agboola Gambari Abdulrahman Iliasu Habeeb Saidu Dumagi Atiku Ohoro Of Shao Kwara Apc Col. Taiwo Aliyu Muhammed Adisa Logun Anilelerin Elections Ogbondoroko Oloye Ilorin International Airport Lucky Omoluwa Otoge Yaman Mustapha AbdulGaniyu Kwara-SAPZ Project Adanla-Irese Yusuf AbdulRasheed Niguel Gallando Marcias Sarkin Malamai Curfew Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari George Innih Okin Group Ladi Hassan Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir

