The Ogun Alternate Medicine Board (OGAMB) has inaugurated a taskforce to curb unlawful practices in the subsector, as part of its effort to stamp out quackery.
The OGAMB Chairman, Mr Balogun Olaleye, made this known in Abeokuta on Friday, at a one-day workshop.
The workshop was staged with the National Association of Nigeria Traditional Medicine Practitioners (NANTMP) and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
The theme of the event was “The Impact of Selling and Preparation of Herbal Medicines in Nigeria”.
Olaleye said that the taskforce would also checkmate those with criminal tendencies in traditional medicine practice.
He said that the move would enable members operating in the various specialised fields to have separate taskforces that would be working with the state enforcement team to flush out quacks and reposition the subsector.
He noted that the enforcement mechanism put in place for alternate medicine practice in Ogun had become compulsory.
“The rate at which quacks are denting the image of the practice due to carefree attitude of some practitioners will no longer be tolerated in the state.
“Quacks in the subsector must leave the state now or they will be arrested and prosecuted by the law,” he warned.
In his address, the State Commandant, NDLEA, Commander Mathew Eije, said that alternate medicine practice was as old as the evolution of man on earth and long existed before the introduction of orthodox practice.
According to him, the agency is ready to wage war against drug abuse.
He warned traditional practitioners to be very careful with what they sell to the public.
In his remarks, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, commended the collaboration, saying that it would go a long way in sanitising the subsector.
Oyeyemi said it was compulsory for all practitioners to join necessary associations that have to do with their practice and to register with the government to be certified.
He added that anyone who had not registered with the government was not qualified to practice in the state and that such a person would be treated as a criminal.
Earlier in his address of welcome, the state Chairman, NANTMP, Chief Samson Soyoye, commended the present administration for considering the health sector and traditional medicine as one of its priorities.
Soyoye said that the commitment of the governor and the board had inspired them to be more committed.
He assured the government that with the inauguration of the task force, the association would be more dedicated to the practice of alternative medicine.
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