Kwara Assembly moves to tackle sales of dangerous drugs

The Kwara State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, urged Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to direct the state Ministries of Health and Environment to tackle the menace of hawking and open sales of drugs, medicines and other related products in markets in the state by involving all available legal instruments.

The House also urged the governor to direct the state Ministry of Communication, to embark on massive enlightenment campaigns on the dangers inherent in exposing drugs, medicines and other related products to the Sun and its adverse effects on human health.

The legislative arm further urged the governor, to reinvigorate the state government’s drug revolving scheme to enable citizens have access to genuine and well preserved drugs in all state government health facilities when required.

These formed part of the resolution by the House on a motion on notice on the need to checkmate the unsafe handling and indiscriminate display of drugs, medicines and other related product in the state moved by Hon. Bello Yunusa Oniboki, (Afon Constituency).

Bello, expressed concern that medicines have become less potent, or may go bad before the expiration date, because in whatever form they come, the capsules, syrups, and ointments among others, have their respective potent temperatures and therefore become less potent if unnecessarily exposed to the sun, as is often done in the market within and all over the state.

The lawmaker, also expressed worry that indigestion or administration of fake and substandard medicines into the human body could lead to poison, diseases, treatment failure and early death.

In another development, the Speaker of the House, Engr Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, has announced the schedule for the screening of Commissioner-nominees, submitted by the governor before proceeding on recess recently.

The screening exercise, which kicks off Wednesday, August 16, 2023, will last till Monday, August 21, 2023.