Africa to validate it, noting that the era of boundaries is gone, but collaboration isimportant.
Omeje was speaking at the herbal medicine conference tagged “Traditional and Herbal Medicine: Challenges and the Prospects for Translational Research,”organised by Chrisland University, Abeokuta.
He disclosed that primary health care services in Nigeria are mere architecturalstructures, adding that there is a need for the government to relate with traditional medicine for more robust contributions to the country's health caredelivery.
He stated that it is erroneous to use any foreign parameters to regulate traditionalmedicine or scientists’ work, noting that regulation is not a challenge totraditional medicine, but the challenge is traditional medicine itself.
On the possibility of both traditional and orthodox medicine working together,Prof. Omeje noted that the body prefers co-existing rather than integration.
He affirmed that the difference between Nigeria and Asian countries is the documentation, and this has given the country an edge above others. According to him, more than 93% of Nigerians depend on traditional medicine to survive、