{"id":2590,"date":"2020-05-29T08:38:42","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T08:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liberatingnigeria.com\/?p=2590"},"modified":"2020-05-29T08:38:42","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T08:38:42","slug":"madagascar-drug-sent-to-nafdac-others-health-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liberatingnigeria.com\/madagascar-drug-sent-to-nafdac-others-health-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Madagascar drug sent to NAFDAC, others \u2013 Health minister"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said the Madagascar COVID Organics has been received by his ministry.<\/p>\n
He said the formulation has been sent to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, and the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research for scientific evaluation.<\/p>\n
The PUNCH<\/em> reports that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), received the consignment of the formulation from his Guinea Bissau counterpart, Umaro Sissoco Embal\u00f3 on May 16<\/a>.<\/p>\n It was later sent to the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, two days after \u2013 May 18.<\/p>\n The PTF chair had said he would hand over the five cartons<\/a> to the minister of health who has the \u201cresponsibility of validation through his institutions chattered by law\u201d.<\/p>\n