|•Monday Okpebholo, Edo State Governor
Edo State Government said it had concluded plans for the revitalisation of the moribund Edo Pharmaceutical Company located in Benin City.
The government also disclosed that the state was in talks with Chinese investors and others for the establishment of drug manufacturing companies using the abandoned pharmaceutical company as a launch pad.
Executive Secretary of Edo State Drugs and Health Commodities Management Agency (DMA), Kenny Okojie, disclosed the moves on Wednesday at a monthly press briefing by Ministry of Information and Strategy in Benin City.
Okojie said the pharmaceutical company established during the military administration of the late Samuel Ogbemudia was vandalised in 2020 during the #Endsars protest in the state.
She said when fully rehabilitated the company would supply drugs to neighbouring Delta, Bayelsa, Ondo, and Kogi states, and other African countries.
Okojie stated, “We are looking at investors who had come to talk to us to establish a manufacturing firm that will be producing drugs in the state. And it will not be for consumption of the state alone.
“They want to have a PPI arrangement with us. They will build, establish, and run. We only give the enabling environment and the right policy for them to exist in the state.
“That’s where we are now. And in no time, we will be able to accomplish that mandate. It’s going to give employment to our youth, generate revenue to the state as well,” she said.
• ARISE NEWS
