The National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) has applied for 5,000 hectares of land to grow medicinal plants, roots, and leaves that could locally be sourced in Kwara State.
The Senate Committee Chairman on Health, Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe, made the disclosure during a training conference for medicine practitioners tagged, ‘Developing Nigeria’s phytomedicine for Healthy Population and Assured Economic Prosperity.’
He said it was aimed at helping the country in its research and quest to develop phytomedicine and vaccine to fight against diseases and COVID-19.
He stated that such a move will not only be useful to Kwara State but to other NIPRD state offices in the bid to develop qualitative and economic phytomedicine in the country to fight diseases.
