The First Lady of Ogun State, Mrs. Bamidele Abiodun has called on professionals in the pharmaceutical industries to build on existing legacies and do more to revitalize the local industries for more innovations.
Abiodun made the call while speaking at the 2025 Pharmacy Week organized by the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Ogun State Branch, held at the DLK Event Centre, Abeokuta.
"We must begin to strengthen institutions like the proposed Ogun State Pharma Resource Hub, to ensure that we have the local infrastructure needed to produce, store, and distribute medicines effectively", Abiodun disclosed.
Speaking on the theme, "Harnessing Pharmaceutical Innovations for Equitable Health Care in A Rapidly Evolving Economy", Abiodun disclosed that the increased budgetary allocations to the health sector in this year’s federal and state budgets are evidence that healthcare is climbing higher on our national priority list adding that if these investments are sustained, it will go a long way in strengthening pharmaceutical research, regulation, and local production.
While commending the society for its consistency, high ethical standards and a commitment to professional excellence, the First Lady warned that following the gradual withdrawal of critical funding and support from key global partners, the responsibility now rests more heavily on our domestic institutions, pharmacists, and government to cover the gap adding that "we must begin to build resilience through domestic resource mobilisation and strategic public-private partnerships".
In his charge, the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Oludaisi Elemide who commended the society for raising the bar called on the professionals to look more inward in their pharmaceutical approach with all the resources that Nigeria has to have
our own domesticated pharmaceutical materials by doing more of inventions and research so that our drugs can be domesticated ones.
The Chairman of the Occasion, Pharm. Samson Yomi Osewa in his address disclosed that if we truly want to harness pharmaceutical innovation to deliver healthcare not just for some, but for all, we must build stronger partnerships and collaborate, government, private companies, universities, and civil society as no single sector can do it alone adding that equitable healthcare is not just an ideal but a commitment and a responsibility to each individual waiting, hoping, and deserving of care.
In his welcome address, the Chairman, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Ogun State Branch, Pharm. Adewale Adenugba reaffirmed the commitment of the society to the health and well-being of the people through effective policy advocacy, professional ethics, capacity building, and innovations.
Femi Osipitan
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