Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, directed the setting up of an inter-ministerial committee to fashion out how medicines and livestock drugs can be made available to the Nigerian public at a fraction of the prevailing prices.
He gave the directives when he had audience with the executive board members of a pharmaceutical company, Graham Foggs Ltd, at State House, Abuja.
The company, led by Chief Sam Nda-Isaiah, a pharmacist and newspaper publisher, seeks to make essential medicines and livestock drugs available to the public, at significantly reduced prices.
Graham Foggs Ltd plans to bring down the prices of most of the commonly used medicines by up to 60 percent, producing only generic medicines as against patented ones.
According to a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, President Buhari reiterated his commitment to the improvement of the quality of lives of Nigerians,…
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