THE TASK
BEFORE THE THREE NIGERIAN PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES
As the
world awaits the trial and result of the
Covid 19 vaccine produced in China, it is pertinent to acknowledge that
similar efforts are going on around the
world laboratories. These steps are
taken at global level to fight Covid19 pandemic.
Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) is a public service. It is a critical exercise for a cause
and social positive change. Its aim is to mitigate and add value
continually. The need for CSR in
modern day commenced in the 50s,
especially by industries and corporations which impact society negatively
through the processes of manufacturing goods and services. Since then CSR has become an essential part
of management and corporate systems.
The
recent outbreak of Covid19 has
intensified the strategy of corporate world to use CSR to tackle the
menace in a global manner. The stampede
to be the first organization to produce Covid vaccine is not only about the
commercial value, it is also public service which CSR is all about.
Perhaps
our long dependence on Western medicine stopped third world countries like
Nigeria and other African nations from using their local herbs and medication
to fight Covid19 just as Western Pharmaceutical companies have been doing since
the outbreak. The only country that have
proved exceptional is Madagascar.
It was
Madagascar that woke up the consciousness of Nigerian Pharmaceutical and medical experts to think along Madagascar
way. It was Mao Tse Tung’s China that taught
the world that agrarian revolution precedes industrial revolution. This time Covid came through there apparently
to teach the world how to use herbs
around their environments to cure ailments, without waiting for Western medical
experts to lead.
The
accolade for the herb experiments going on now in Nigeria may have been given to
the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Covid, but in essence it should go
partially or wholly to Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) and civil
society that campaigned for the trial and use of local herbs. It would have been a big shame if PTF did not
allow these agitators for local solutions to participate in this global
research and experiments.
Finally,
the task before the three companies is
to show integrity and leadership because there are more opportunities ahead.
Iyke
Ozemena Esq
Corporate
Attorney/Consultant #corporateleaders
IKECHUKWU
O. ODOEMELAM & CO, Legal Practitioners
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