Elebuibon Rallies Support For Ogun Alternate Medicine Board

 

Chief Yemi Elebuibon 

Michael-Azeez Ogunsiji 

ABEOKUTA - An appeal has gone to the federal government,   Health Organizations and other relevance donor health agencies to support  Ogun state government, on the newly created Alternate medicine board, to achieve its purpose of establishment.

This appeal was made by a popular yoruba actor, Chief Yemi Elebuibon, while delivering a lecture tagged: "The Effect of Alternate Medicine and Practice in Combating Present World Health Problems", at a stakeholders' meeting of Alternate Medicine Practitioners in Ogun State, held at the June 12 Cultural Center, Kuto, Abeokuta.

Elebuibon stressed that, the initiative of the state government in having the board was a laudable one.

He emphasized the need to mobilize resources for the state, adding that it would go along way in solving 75 percent of the country's health challenges internally, thereby saving federal government cost of importating drugs.

His words" Let me congratulates people of Ogun state and the government of the day for taking this bolder steps to join the rest of the world in search for Alternate Medicine in  solving citizens health problems since COVID -19 had thought the world a lesson. It is necessary for us to look inward and make use of what we are endowed with for the treatments of any diseases or ailment, in accordance with our custorms and traditions.

"It is time for us all to come back home and embrace our own things, especially our reach culture that many of the country of the world are looking up to."

Declaring the meeting open, the State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, represented by his deputy, Engr. Noimot Salako-Oyedele, said necessary arrangement for the development and operatioalisation of Alternate Medicine practice in Ogun State had been put in place, including laboratory facilities and research centre.

The Governor charged the Board to work in accordance with the rules and regulations guiding its establishment, saying the government would not condone any act of illegality and abuse.

In her welcome address the State Commissioner for Health Dr. Tomi Coker, who was represented at the event by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Health  Dr. Tayo Lawal, appreciated the guest Speaker for the gesture, called on the practitioners to create rooms for cross fertilization of ideas with orthodox counterpart for a result oriented efforts. 

In his address, Chairman Alternate Medicine Board Ogun State, Balogun Nurudeen Olaleye, commended the Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun for the appointment, assuring that the Board would strive to achieve the purpose of its establishment.