Pharmacists under the aegis of Association of Lady
Pharmacists (ALPs), National
Body have taken delivery of a parcel of land donated to her
by the Omu Anioma,
HRM Obi Martha Dunkwu, for the purposes of Pharmacognosis
(The Study of
Medicinal Plants).
The MoU for the land was presented to the National Chairman
of ALPS, Pharm.
Hajia Zainab Sharrif during the organization’s Business
Summit, held recently in
Asaba, Delta State Capital.
According to the ALPs National Chairman, Zainab Sharrif,
“The land as graciously
donated to ALPs by the Mother of ALPs, will be judiciously
used for
Pharmacognosis – the study of medicinal plants as a means of
promoting the
federal government’s initiative on herbs”.
Earlier that day, the body had visited with the First Lady
of Delta State, Her
Excellency Dame Edith Okowa to intimate her of the
activities of ALPs with
regards to going back to nature and processing herbs into
medicine for the
treatment of various health challenges.
During the Business Summit of the group, lectures bordering
on planting of
medicinal herbs, producing them 100 percent natural and
promoting their use for
the benefit of humanity, were delivered by several experts
in the fields of
Pharmacology and Medicine.
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