The Minister of State for Health, Tunji Alausa has called for a total ban on the importation of medical syringes into the country to encourage local production and help to grow the nation’s economy.
Alausa who made the call during an official visit to a Syringe factory in Ogun State said the federal government was determined to provide necessary support to the local manufacturing sector to enhance its contribution to the Gross Domestic Product, GDP.
The Minister who was accompanied on the visit by the Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Mojisola Adeyeye, and other top government officials, affirmed that the restructuring of syringe and needle production in Nigeria aims to guarantee the availability of high-quality products manufactured by Nigerians in the market to generate lucrative employment opportunities for Nigerians.
Alausa urged NAFDAC to ensure that unbridled importation of Syringe does not hamper the development of the local industry through unhealthy competition.
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