Nigeria: Senate Wants Use of Made-in-Nigeria Syringes Mandatory in Public Hospitals

22 April 2021

The Senate has urged the Federal Government to initiate a policy that will make it mandatory for all government-owned hospitals to use locally-manufactured syringes and needles.

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe (APC, Kwara) stated this at a public hearing on Thursday on "The need to regulate the manufacturing, importation and use of syringes and needles to protect the lives and safety of Nigerians as well as the economy of the country".

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