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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has addressed the growing concerns and discussions surrounding the “Counter Subversion Bill, 2024 (HB. 1652),” which he sponsored. This comes in response to various reports circulating in the media regarding the purpose and implications of the proposed legislation. The Speaker in a statement by
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The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria, PCN, and the African Centre for Supply Chain, ACSC, have noted that Nigeria is lagging behind and seems to pay little or no attention in the areas of supply chain and logistics. PCN Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Pharm Ibrahim Babashehu Ahmed, made the call in Abuja on Thursday
Pharmacy Council emphasises importance of supply chain
The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria, PCN, and the African Centre for Supply Chain, ACSC, have noted that Nigeria is lagging behind and seems to pay little or no attention in the areas of supply chain and logistics.
PCN Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Pharm Ibrahim Babashehu Ahmed, made the call in Abuja on Thursday alongside the experts from ACSC at the public presentation of the Nigerian Logistics and Supply Chain 2023 report.
The report covered the challenges within the space, ranging from manufacturing through distribution and important issues about patient access to medication.
Ahmed said the council, as the country’s regulatory body of the pharmaceutical sector, has been taking responsibility to situate itself appropriately within the supply chain space to ensure it is doing well and appropriately regulated for the benefit of the patients.
He said it was important that patients have access to quality and affordable medicines.
He revealed that the current government is already taking steps to ensure that this particular endeavour is given attention, such that access to medicines by patients is well improved upon.
“We are doing everything possible to ensure that we achieve good implementation of the national drug distribution guideline, which is now taking us to the closure of open drug markets in the country.
“All these are aimed at streamlining the logistics, streamlining the distribution, and reducing access to medicines that, of course, are substandard because when the distribution chain is chaotic, anything and everything can go in and compete with the good ones; it also weakens the cell of the good ones, and then people, because of cost, end up patronising the low-quality ones and the substandard ones,” he said.
Also speaking, Professor A.G. Sumaila, the chairman of the Governing Council of ACSC, harped on the importance of logistics, adding that without it, nobody can survive.
“Supply chain logistics is life; without logistics, there is no life. And that’s the take-home. That’s your delivery—that without it, people cannot survive.
“Today. We are shouting about the prices of items going up; it is all logistic matters. That is what it means that without logistics we cannot survive,” he said.
The Director General of ACSC, Dr Obiora Madu, said that supply chain is no longer part of the system but the system in itself.
Harping on the lack of a supply chain, he said: “No matter what you do, even at home, manufacturing, or agriculture, everything will get grounded. Of course, even during COVID, the only thing that was moving around was the supply chain.”
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has said the Federal Government, the Nigeria Bar Association and the judiciary are working to address the issue of conflicting judgments. Speaking with journalists on Wednesday during the Conference of the Network of Justice Sector Reform Teams, Fagbemi lamented occasions where
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The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has said the Federal Government, the Nigeria Bar Association and the judiciary are working to address the issue of conflicting judgments. Speaking with journalists on Wednesday during the Conference of the Network of Justice Sector Reform Teams, Fagbemi lamented occasions where
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has announced the extension of N25,000 wage award to workers and N15,000 wage award to pensioners by another three months. Makinde made this announcement on Saturday in Ibadan, the state capital during the 2024 World Teachers’ Day celebration with the theme: “Valuing Teachers’ Voices Towards a New Social Contract
Subsidy removal: Makinde extends wage award for workers, pensioners
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has announced the extension of N25,000 wage award to workers and N15,000 wage award to pensioners by another three months.
Makinde made this announcement on Saturday in Ibadan, the state capital during the 2024 World Teachers’ Day celebration with the theme: “Valuing Teachers’ Voices Towards a New Social Contract for Education”.
DAILY POST reports that the wage award to workers and pensioners was introduced by the governor as a result of the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol by the federal government.
Makinde declared that his administration will commence the payment of the N70,000 minimum wage once the issue of consequential salary adjustment has been addressed.
He said that the extension is to cover the period that the negotiation on the consequential adjustment will last.
He lauded teachers in the state for their massive support to him during the last election and their immeasurable contributions to building the state.
“On the minimum wage, negotiation will start next week and we will pay the N70,000 minimum wage. But the consequential adjustment is about to be negotiated. The NLC and our team will sit down to discuss it.
“We are going through challenges as a country. We have issues of minimum wage and fuel price but I want to appeal to you to say that tough times don’t last but tough people do. We will outlast these challenges we are faced with.”
“Any country that wants to develop must educate her people. So, for us in Oyo State, we will continue to specially look after our teachers, because they are dealing with our future.
“You teachers, you have to be put where you belong. So, I thank you for your support and dedication to duty. We still have a long way to go.
“And of course we will employ more teachers and we will put them in a conducive learning environment that would guarantee better outcomes for our students,” he said.
Subsidy removal: Makinde extends wage award for workers, pensioners