Mrs Clare Omatseye, the Managing Director, JNC International, a pharmaceutical company, has called for a functional pharmaceutical supply chain to ensure consistent flow of affordable medicine in Nigeria.
Omatseye made the call at the inauguration of the Pharmaceutical Wholesalers and Distributors Association of Nigeria (PWDAN), held at the Sheraton Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos.
She spoke as a keynote speaker at the inauguration on: “Supply Chain in Contemporary Health Services– The Disruption”.
Omatseye, a Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (FPSN) said that drugs distribution process in the country was chaotic, porous and under serious threat in terms of drug security.
“We should be able to streamline our drugs distribution process in the country and make sure people have access to quality medicines, vaccines and other pharmaceuticals consumables.
“In my opinion and opinions from other reports, our drugs distribution in the country is under a serious threat due to the porous and chaotic ways things are being run.
“The objective of what we are talking about today is access to quality healthcare that is affordable, efficacious and effective.
“So, the disruption that is required to take us to the next level is this new association that has come with the objective to sanitise our pharmaceuticals supply chain in the country.”
Omatseye said the best way to achieve consistent flow of affordable drugs in the country was through local production.
“The only way we can overcome these challenges of chaotic drug distribution is to be self-sufficient through local production.