By Chukwuma Muanya
Pharmacists under the aegis of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) have called for the enactment of a law that will ensure regulatory autonomy for major professions in Nigeria even as they seek mediatory roles for the Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria (APBN) in inter-professional conflicts.
President PSN, Olumide Akintayo, yesterday at APBN Board meeting held in Lagos charged APBN to lead the way in regulatory autonomy for major professions in Nigeriaand mediatory roles in inter-professional conflicts.
Akintayo said that PSN believed the militating bane against professionalism in Nigeria was the extremely
wretched spirit of monitoring and control procedures, which were the hallmark of
regulating values and ethics. He said that a way forward
for those of us under the aegis of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria was for each profession to take its destiny in its hand through regulatiOn enforced by the relevant/appropriate profes-sional body.
Akintayo explained: "The oronsaye panel which appraised the activities of government agencies and parastatals dwelt on this matter tacitly and the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria strongly suggests that the APBN should champion either a private member's or even an executive bill that compels the federal government to handover the running of all professions to professional bodies in Nigeria. The success stories of some professional bodies that have regulated their professions suggest eloquent testimonies that will accrue if this move sees the light of the day."
On the mediatory roles in inter-professional conflicts, the PSN boss said: "Conflict is a natural fall-out of most
human relationships. The propensity to turn challenges into opportunities is one of the hallmarks of great and successful managers. "It is imperative we put on record previous mediatory roles of the APBN in resolving inter-professional conflicts, a need still arises for the APBN to do even more to sustain/maintain the prestige of the various affected professions. The APBN must build the myth to attain this goal for consumers of our various services to continue to perceive us as relevant in the years ahead."
Akintayo assured the APBN board members that PSNwould continue to build structures of the greatest possibilities with the APBN leadership in the years to come. He said that PSN would continue to champion the ideals of robust healthcare delivery in Nigeria especially through placing premium on Good Pharmacy Practice (GPP) as it was in other parts of the decent global community we belong.
Akintayo further stated: "As experts in medicines, pharmacists have always been known as an accessible as and trusted source of advice and treatment. Today, our contries bution to healthcare is developing in new ways to support patients in their use of medicines and as part of the clinical decision-making across the range of ailments. "Professions exist to serve society, therefore our mission as pharmacists must address the needs of society, our duty is to work and ensure that the added Value we bring to health care and our potentials are taken into account and respecter byPolicy makers and Other health prOfessionals. We note here that there is a lot of competition, Confrontation and distrustin the health sector. "This Situation must give Way for COllaboration, consultatlon, cooperation in the lnterest of the health consuming Public we must open our heart and minds to allow the team concept to rule our worlds
healthcare delivery. There is no dOubt that the cost of fighting against disease and preserving health Will continue to spite of constant control and intervention
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