Unregistered Dealers: Association Asks Federal Govt. To Ban Street Hawking Of ‘Agbo’ Herbs - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 19, 2019
The Herbs Sellers Association of Nigeria has called on theFederal Government to ban the practice of hawking ‘Agbo’, also known as ‘cookedherbs’, on the streets, to safe people’s lives.
Financial Secretary of ‘Elewe Omo Herbs Sellers Associationof Nigeria’, Modinat Onike made the call while speaking on the sideline ofa media roundtable in Lagos.
The Forum, which focused on the dangers associated with theuse of herbal medicines, was organised by Nigerian Natural Medicine DevelopmentAgency, NNMDA. It also identified unregistered herbs hawkers on the streets asthe major challenge facing traditional medical practice in the country.
According to Onike, unregistered hawkers of herbsare fond of administering wrong dosage and usage to innocent buyers whopatronise them.
Earlier during the roundtable, the Director-General ofNNMDA, Sam Etatuvie, called for more awareness and education on proper use ofherbal medicines, to reduce the dangers of drug abuse, especially in youths. Hesaid the forum was organised to create awareness and inform the public aboutthe dangers associated with the use of herbal medicine.