MEMBERS of the Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Practitioners and stakeholders, drawn from all over Nigeria met in Ikeja, Lagos urging the Federal Government to pay more attention to the alternative medicine for cheaper and very effective Medicare.
The meeting held at the Lagos Airport, Ikeja was attended by a cream of top alternative medicine practitioners, and convened by National President of the Association of Physicians of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Prof. Magnus Adeyemi Atilade.
Atilade was elected as the leader and the spokesman for the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practitioners and Stakeholders at the meeting.
In his opening address, Atilade said the meeting was convened as a gathering of eminent professionals with characteristics of caring for the sick, coupled with nationalistic and patriotic tendencies, which he explained hopefully, was the reason they chose the alternative medicine profession and field of service.
“We the practitioners should cooperate with the Federal Ministry of Health and the officials of Medical Council of Nigeria to work towards the opening of the Federal College of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Abuja, Lagos, and Enugu,” he said.
He, on behalf of the practitioners and stakeholders, commended the Health Minister, Prof. Onyebuchi, the Federal Ministry of Health officials and officers of the Medicine council of Nigeria for their initiative and the very successful meeting at the Federal Ministry of Health Ministries Conference held recently in Abuja.
According to Atilade, the minister was forthright, unbiased, accommodating, and very cordial. “He (minister) stands to be commended and appreciated by all CAM practitioners,” he emphasized.
Atilade concluded: “We the practitioners need to come together, to unite in action in looking and planning ahead for our interest, what is good for us and our profession. We cannot expect others to do it for us. We must do it ourselves. Let us put hands in order.
“I am guided and inspired by the commentary of a legendary leader. Prophet Moses; who refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction, forsaking the rights and privileges as a registered practitioner to champion the cause of those behind as we have done with the principle of the grandfather clause to open the doors for many others to come in. This is the reward we are all looking for and should all be united in action to work for.”
Author of this article: By Adeniyi Adunola
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