In a bid to provide affordable and qualitative herbal healthcare service to the citizenry across Country, the National Association Nigerian Traditional Medicine Practitioners, NANTMP, has concluded arrangement to partner Federal Ministry of Health and Federal Ministry of Science and technology

The Vice President, South West Zone , Chief Dr, Samson Soyoye disclosed this during a South West Zone meeting and inauguration of new executive held at the African College of Traditional Medicine Auditorium , Elekuro Wasimi, Ewekoro , Local Government ,Area of the State.

Chief Soyoye noted that the newly sworn-in Executive members of the Association were determined to pursue the set goal of the association by embarking on restructuring , repositioning and harmonisation of all the necessary aspects of the association and its members through the inauguration of various facts finding committees of powerful delegations that cut across the key stakeholders including representative of Federal Ministry of Health , Science and World Health Organisation WHO to research and discover antidotes for some of the new ravaging diseases among the people.

the National President Dr, Maikudi Shaba who was represented by the National Secretary NANTMP Alhaji Adeagbo Raji , appreciated all the South West members for attending the inaugural zonal meeting and commended them for putting their house in order by voting for Chief Samson Soyoye as their National leader for the zone, assuring them of his maximum support from the National body.

He called on every individual practising Alternate Medicine to come and identified with the NANTMP being the only certified Association they have to belong before being registered.

He cited numerous advantages awaiting them as registered members of the association also appreciating the wonderful efforts of the present administration in Ogun State for providing enabling environment for the sub-sector to fully developed in line with the WHO directive.

Speaking at the inaugural zonal meeting, Prince Mare Olusesi who is also the President Association of Traditional Midwifery of Nigerian , said lots of modernisation had been brought into the sub-sector across the globe, saying that the the leadership of NANTMP would not afford to fold their arms while other countries of the world were benefitting from the WHO support programme to develop herbal medicine.
In their separate remarks, Dr, Funmilayo Olanrewaju from Ondo and Dr. Iyiola Omotoso from Oyo States respectively , appreciated the new leadership of the Association and assured them of their support , calling on the South West governor's to rally round and support the practising of the Alternate Medicine as an alternative means of generating revenue into government coffers of Government without waiting for the Federal allocation to pay bills.