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People living with diabetes in Nigeria have lamented the high cost of medication and treatment for the condition.
They also decry how perceived lack of government policy worsens their condition.
This is even as experts say there are between three- andfive million people living with diabetes in the country.
Speaking with our correspondent, the South-West Chairman, Diabetes Association of Nigeria, Abdulwahab Dauda, said there was no policy for diabetes in the country.
“The government doesn’t even know we exist. It’s only some of the pharmaceutical companies that support us.
“There is no policy to support our condition in the country. We have been making moves regarding this, but, so far, we have not succeeded.