Ogun govt tasks traditional herbalists on documentation of herbal product

Herbalists in Ogun State have been urged to embark on documentation of their herbal solution for diseases that scientific drugs can no longer cure.

Executive Secretary and Registrar of the State Alternate Medicine Board, OGAMB, Dr Kafayat Lawal, made the call in Abeokuta, during the monthly meeting of the Leadership Alternate Medicine Practitioners in the state, advocating for partnership on herbal products.

Dr Lawal said one of the reasons the Board was established is to ensure proper documentation of genuine herbal medicines, for future reference, adding that improper documentation by alternate medicine practitioners in the olden days had impeded the growth of the practice.

She stated that the board was ready to support practitioners who have any herbal solution that has been confirmed effective, assuring that the government would facilitate laboratory tests, clinical trials, approval of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, packaging, as well as branding, with proprietary rights.

Responding, Chairman, Traditional Healers Association, Toyin Ogatimirin, appreciated the government for its numerous attempts at standardising the practice in the state and assured of the association’s readiness to cooperate with the Board at achieving all the set goals.

Speaking with journalists in Abeokuta, National President Ewedayepo Traditional Healers Association of Nigeria, Dr, Adesina Olugbemi, commended the government for its efforts in the development of alternative medicine practice in the state and beyond, pledging members’ support and partnership with the Board.

Responding, the Olu-Isese of Ogun State, who doubles as the founder of the Isese Kingdom of Truth and Traditional Worshippers, Oba Ifarotimi Adifagbola, promised that members of the association would support the Board for the process to be a success in the state.

Ogun govt tasks traditional herbalists on documentation of herbal product