SDP Presidential Candidate Vows Reform In Pharmaceutical Industry

Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo has promised to reform Nigeria’s pharmaceutical industry if elected into power.

Adebayo spoke during the 95th annual national conference of Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria in Jos, Plateau State.

The SDP presidential candidate said his party will create a stable environment in order for the pharmaceutical industry to conduct research that will benefit the health sector and the economy.

He said, “You need a stable environment, the country has to be secure, then the business environment has to be protected and the regimes have to have policies that are stable so that your investments don’t go to waste.

“The first thing we will guarantee you is stability; your neighborhood will be safe. There will be no riots, no unrest, and no boundaries, no kidnapping. You will be able to set up concerns from possible research to production, even to dispensation where you have your pharmacies across”.

Speaking further on his plans to enhance the health sector, Adebayo said, “I will ensure that public hospitals, including public dispensaries, are well-stocked and they are up to date.

“I would ensure that professionals when they finish from school, the first point of call before they go into private practice is a strong public health sector so that you will have spent a number of years using government money to do government resources, to do facilities before you go out to major on your own. The best health care people should be retained by the government.

“Thirdly, we will stabilize our currency. I’m not saying I will give you 1 naira to $1, no, I am saying that for planning purposes, if you have 500 naira to the dollar in year one you have 500, not a dollar.