The Lagos State Traditional Medicine Board has taken action by sealing two traditional birth attendant facilities due to violations of practice regulations. This move was part of the board’s operation to address non-compliance with the code of conduct governing traditional medicine practice in the state, as stated on the government’s official website.
The non-compliant traditional birth attendant facilities were sealed at No. 58, Willoughby Street, Ebute-Metta, and 12, Ogunnaike Street, Agege, within the state.
Mrs. Adams Aisha, who led the LSTMB’s inspectorate team, explained during the enforcement operation that the sealing was necessary to safeguard public health and safety in the state. She mentioned that the inspectorate team collaborated with personnel from the Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Corps to ensure a prompt and effective response for the protection of Lagos residents.
Adams emphasized the board’s commitment to shielding the public from unscrupulous traditional medicine practitioners and promoting the responsible use of traditional medicine for the overall benefit of the community through continuous crackdowns and ongoing initiatives.
She said, “The Board’s operation is rooted in its commitment to create a structured Traditional Medicine practice that is respected, standardised, documented, modernised and protected.”
Adams, therefore, urged practitioners and the public to collaborate in upholding the best standards, while prioritising the well-being of patients seeking treatments.
The Lagos government had on Sunday said it would impose sanctions on traditional medical practitioners operating in the state who fail to register their business with the traditional medicine board.
The LSTMB Registrar, Babatunde Adele, made this known in a statement on January 21.
The government ordered all traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine practitioners to regularise their registration by visiting the head office of the agency on or before Friday, February 6, 2024.
“The order for registration was necessitated owing to the increasing and unbearable level of quackery in the field of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine,” Adele had said.
