aribisala0:
No I do not but this one would .If youcome to make ridiculous assertions be sure they shall be questioned

laudate:

What exactly was ridiculous about my assertions? I referred you to the organisations that were likely to have such info. You never contacted them, but just dismissed them out of hand. So how does that become my own issue, or how can my suggestions be termed ridiculous. Oga, do what you like. Na you sabi!

aribisala0:
You ade the claim what is the basis on which you made the claim? How do you know there was a drop in prevalence of fake drugs because of Akunyuli.

Drop fro what to what?

laudate:

Kindly do your research, and stop mentioning my moniker. I do not spoon feed people with info, that can easily be obtained from a variety of sources.

aribisala0:
This is not about research you cannot just come here making absurd clais and expect to get away with it. When called out then saying do research? So if you say There are green men with 3 eyes in Malumfashi I should go and start researching that?
Funny guyn

laudate:


There was nothing absurd about my claims. What part of it exactly was absurd? You asked where you could get certain info. I told you where to look. Without even bothering to check those sources, you came back to make baseless allegations. No one here has time to indulge you in your pettiness. That is the sad truth.

aribisala0:
Sorry but it was absurd to claim that the prevalence of fake drugs changed with Akunyuli.
You would have us believe that for years before she got there soeone wasmeasuring the pevalence of fake drrugs and just ignoring the data and that she got there and worked some magic.WHere is the evidence

seunmsg:
She is well qualified but I am a little bit sceptical about the fact that she has never worked in Nigeria previously. She has worked in America all her working life without any stint in Nigeria, now she's coming back to head a very sensitive agency without understanding the Nigerian work environment. I wish her the very best in her new role all the same.

laudate:

Go and look for the evidence. Stop being lazy.

aribisala0:
That Alamiesiegha didnot really die?

When our honorary graduand, Professor Dora Akunyili, took up her appointment as director general of NAFDAC, Nigeria's National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, what she found made her very angry. The scandal of counterfeit drugs was all pervading; a World Health Organisation survey had found that more than half the drugs on sale in Nigeria were counterfeit or sub-standard.

Nigerian hospitals were using fake and contaminated drips, surgeons were using fake adrenalin to re-start the heart, anaesthetists were giving sub-strength muscle relaxant to patients in their operating theatres; many of her countrymen and women were fighting killer diseases like malaria and tuberculosis with fake drugs cynically packaged to look like the real thing. As a pharmacist she had always been aware of the problem, indeed, her own diabetic sister died from what Dora is convinced were fake insulin and fake antibiotics.

To root out these fakes, to defeat counterfeiters, to close down the importers and end bribery, to end the large scale corruption that was ruining the health and taking the lives and the hopes of so many, this was the task that this remarkable woman took on 2001 at the personal request of the President of Nigeria, President Obasanjo.

The President summed up his expectations of her stewardship, by giving her the target of turning the Agency around, of achieving effective food and drug regulation with special emphasis on the area of eradication of fake and counterfeit drugs and other regulated products. Without fanfare and in the face of many dissenting opinions, Dora Akunyili took up this challenge.

How has she fared? Before her arrival, NAFDAC, like many other government organisations in Africa, had functioned as little better than a toll-gate. Importers simply paid a bribe to get their products into the market. After the arrival of Dora Akunyili, that changed! But she has not had it easy. She closed down the vast open-air medicines market in Kano for three months while her officers confiscated £140,000 worth of fake drugs. She built a new team of female inspectors and pharmacists (she believes most men are too easily tempted). She began to prosecute importers of fake drugs. She upgraded premises and she upgraded laboratories.

The public applauded, but the counterfeiters fought back. They burnt down NAFDAC offices, trashed the NAFDAC laboratories and threatened the lives of her family. They shot at her in her car – a bullet grazed her skull but she survived. But since her appointment there has been a drop of at least 50% in the quantity of fake drugs on the market and many now owe their lives to her fearless campaign.

Mr Vice-Chancellor – Dora Akunyili states bluntly, "Counterfeit drugs are murder." She has backed her work with plenty of talk to spread the message far and wide. She is well aware that the problem of drugs is not confined to Nigeria, but she believes that raising public awareness has produced dramatic results in Nigeria and urges other nations to be more open. Unsurprisingly, drug companies around the world are justifiably fearful that their brand will be damaged, if news of a fake gets out. Dora Akunyili, however, is not going to back off or relax for one moment!

There is no doubt that Dora Akunyili has accomplished a great deal. Her professional achievements, scholarship and commitment have been recognised over the years by many awards from organisations and governments in Africa, Europe and America, not least her nomination as one of the 'Heroes of our Time' by Time Magazine in New York, and the International Service Human Rights Award which she received at the House of Commons in London, in December last year.

There is no doubt that she has achieved much; not only has she changed NAFDAC, but she has changed the pharmaceutical industry in her country. Perhaps more importantly, she has saved countless lives, and brought sanity to an abused food and drug regulatory regime. She has honoured her profession and served her country diligently, being in the vanguard of those exceptional individuals who are helping to shape a new image for Nigeria and, indeed, for Africa. She sees much more to do ahead. We wish her well and God speed. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/graduation/honorary-degrees/hondeg06/akunyili.html

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laudate:
So for those who are too lazy to look for info., it is obvious that everything Akunyili did to reduce fake drugs is available online. Surveys carried out by WHO are quite clear on this. From setting up guidelines to enforcing drug specification, regulatory compliance and proper certification of foods, beverages, cosmetics and medications to outright seizure of counterfeit goods, a lot has been written about how she strengthened NAFDAC to become an effective regulator. May the Good Lord continue to keep her in perfect peace.

Let us hope the new DG, Prof. Adeyeye can also be more effective than Akunyili was.... She certainly has the right qualifications for the job.