L-R: Uche Ugorji
marketing consultant, Dimensions Africa Ltd.; Eyo Nsikak Asuquo, Nutrify regional sales manager ( General trade Lagos); Pharm Nmesoma Ohakwe, state coordinator PSN- YPG (Lagos); Atinuke Agbeniyi,
Nutrify digital manager; Abimbola Adebakin, CEO/Founder, Advantage Health Africa; Pharm Ehimen Semilore Oaikhena, Nutrify regional ssles manager (Modern trade) Lagos and Tolulope Ajayi, Chairman, Association Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) at the wellness retreat for Lagos PSN Pharmacy Week organised in Lagos by Nutrify in collaboration with Young Pharmacists Group of Nigeria on Saturday, 31 August , 2024.
Tolaram Wellness Limited, producer of Nutrify supplements, has called on Nigerians to pay more attention to preventive healthcare, insisting that prevention is better and also cheaper than cure.
The organisation has also reiterated its commitment to improved health outcomes for Nigeria, saying the introduction of Nutrify supplement into the nutraceuticals market early this year was to enable Nigerians use the product to bridge the gap in micronutrients deficiency, thereby preventing various ailments that may be more expensive to manage or cure.
The company made the call in Lagos on Saturday at a wellness retreat organised by Nutrify, in collaboration with Young Pharmacists Group (YPG) as part of the activities marking the 2024 Scientific Week of the Lagos State Chapter of Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN).
While speaking at the retreat, Nutrify Regional Sales Manager (Modern Trade), Pharm. Ehimen Semilore Oaikhena, noted that studies have shown that many Nigerians focus on curative healthcare which is not supposed to be so.
While charging Nigerians to go nutraceuticals, Oaikhena noted that preventive healthcare is the best way to go now across the globe, stating that Nutrify is designed to address nutritional needs and promote a healthy lifestyle that prevent diseases.
In his remark at the programme, the Chairman of the Lagos Chapter of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN), Pharm. Tolulope Ajayi said nutraceuticals have a big role to play now and in future to live a healthy life.
The Lagos ACPN Chairman therefore charged healthcare providers to keep educating patients on preventive healthcare and using nutrient filled products like Nutrify to bridge micronutrient deficiency, noting that prevention is better than cure. He urged Nigerians to be intentional about their health and explore the benefits of nutraceuticals to prevent diseases.
Ajayi noted that there are opportunities in the nutraceuticals space. While urging companies like Tolaram Wellness with products in the Nutraceuticals market to be intentional about their products, he urged the government to strengthen the regulatory agencies so that they can regulate the sector.
Also speaking at the retreat, the Founder/Chief Executive Officer, Advantage Health Africa, Abimbola Adebakin commended Tolaram Wellness for the role it’s playing in preventive healthcare through Nutrify. She pointed out that if Nigerians pay more attention to preventive healthcare, they will not go through much pain or fall ill.
Adebakin urged pharmacists to take nutraceuticals seriously, saying it is the way to go. While charging pharmacists to embark on numerous research to discover what can be produced in the nutraceutical space, Adebakin advised pharmacists to start applying technology such as Artificial Intelligent for drug discovery in nutraceuticals, noting that the use of technology such as AI will help to reduce cost and duration of drug discovery.
On her part, the Lagos State Coordinator, PSN- YPG, Pharm. Nmesoma Ohakwe, called on young pharmacists to intensify effort in creating awareness on the importance of nutrients in the body and go nutraceutical. She also urged young pharmacists to focus more on research that will enable them to make valuable discoveries that can contribute to the nutraceutical space.
