The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has commenced the gradual reopening of shops at the Ogbo-Ogwu drug market in Onitsha.

This development follows the agency’s closure of the market on February 10, 2025, due to concerns over the sale and distribution of counterfeit, unregistered, and substandard drugs.

The unsealing exercise is being led by a Deputy Director of NAFDAC, Mr. Tunji Omoyemi.

According to NAFDAC, traders whose shops meet the required safety and documentation standards are being cleared to resume business operations.

Addressing the traders, the market chairman, Mr. Ndubuisi Chukwulota, urged full cooperation with the agency to facilitate the swift resumption of commercial activities.

Credit: Anambra Broadcasting Service

Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah has appealed to nursing students in the state not to leave the state after graduation to curb brain drain in the state’s health sector.
The governor made the appeal during the 2024/ 2025 Maiden Matriculation Ceremony of the Nursing College, Enugu on Thursday, April 10.
He urged the students to consider the huge resources the state was committing in training nursing and midwifery students in the state and give back to the state after graduation.
Mbah, represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, said “japa syndrome” was completely against the policy of the state, who had been spending reasonable amount in training them.

“We don’t train you and after spending all that money in infrastructure and the first opportunity you get you leave our healthcare facilities.

“One thing we are very particular is how we improve the service conditions so that when you go through the effort of getting your certificate, you don’t leave our state.

“That is why we are training beyond just academics so that you see that this is service and if any of you can go back to our budget in 2024 and 2025, the highest investment is in education and health,” Mbah said.

Directors’ in the Federal Ministry of Health & Social Welfare have been urged to ensure effective delivery of services within the Health Sector to the Nigerian populace.

This is considered very critical to achieving the mandate of the Ministry, as well as ensuring purposeful succession planning to sustain the Ministry’s current achievements.

Permanent Secretary Daju Kachollom mni, stated during the retreat for Directors’ in the Ministry held at the Carlton Swiss Hotel Enugu, Enugu State.

The theme is ” Strengthening Leadership for Effective and Efficient Health and Social Welfare Governance.

Addressing Directors, Daju Kachollom highlighted the importannce and objectives of the retreat for effective and efficient provision of healthcare services.

The retreat, she stated, will involve strategic planning to assess the Ministry’s current position, set long-term goals and, outline the steps required to achieve them.

Additionally, it will also foster team building, strengthen interpersonal relationships among participants, improve communication and, encourage a collaborative environment.

While defining Leadership as a driving force behind organisations, the Permanent Secretary implores the Directors’ to prioritise transparency, embrace innovation, foster partnerships and, build empowered, sustainable teams to ensure an efficient and effective system that meets its goals.

“In this regard, we must fully embrace the on-going reforms and take ownership of them.

We must adopt the principles of the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan 2021–2025, with particular focus on the new Performance Management System (PMS), which is designed to track both individual performance and our collective contributions to ministerial and national development goals.

At its core, performance management aligns individual goals with Organizational objectives, ensuring a unifieɗ direction “; the Permanent Secretary added.

Additionally, Daju Kachollom urged Directors’ present at the retreat to prioritize mentoring and succession planning.

Mentoring and succession planning, according to her, are key initiatives to strengthen and sustain the progress achieved by the Ministry.

Major highlights of the retreat include power point presentations by the participating Directors’ in the Ministry, further affirming a deliberate intent of the top management
on enhancing leadership skills and, addressing challenges facing the Ministry while offering solutions to overcome them.