The lack of encouragement for local herbal cures and remedies for diseases by the Federal Government (FG) and its agencies, especially the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control
Nigeria ignores local research into COVID-19 possible cures, awaits vaccines from Europe, US
Published 1 January 2021
Amidst the approval of COVID-19 vaccines by some countries, stakeholders in the health sector seem not to be impressed by Nigeria’s efforts in finding local cure for the virus,
DAYO OJERINDE
Writes
During the peak of the first wave of the pandemic, a lot of herbal medicine practitioners laid claim to curing COVID-19 symptoms.
The Federal Government called those, who claimed to be able to cure the symptoms of the virus, to submit their proposals in a bid to find a potent local cure for the virus.