Kafayat Lawal, disclosed this on Friday in Abeokuta while declaring open a one-day workshop tagged “Intensive Training for Herbal Medicine Manufacturers on Safety and Efficacy of Herbal Products.” Lawal said OGAMB was established to standardise and regularise the practice of alternate medicine. “One of the major challenges in the practice is standardisation.
In his lecture, the Head of the Department of Pharmacy, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Prof. Alfred Jaiyesinmi, listed hygiene, dosage, referral and registration with government as germane to herbal practice. “This will help to prove that the sub-sector is fully professional,” he said. Prof. Jaiyesinmi urged government to invest in herbal plantations, as medicinal plants are going extinct.