Insecurity: Anambra Govt Commences Bio-data Capturing Of Herbal Practitioners
Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has begun bio-data registration of indigenous medicine and herbal practitioners in the state as part of measures to curb insecurity in the state.
The Executive Director of Anambra Indigenous Medicine and Herbal Practice, Dr. Ejie Daniel, disclosed this on Tuesday, in a chat with journalists in Awka, the state capital.
He explained that the idea is part of security measures adopted by Soludo to weed out undesirable elements from the profession.
Ejie asserted that some bad elements, who either infiltrated or collaborated with authentic practitioners, will not have a place to hide henceforth.
According to the Executive Director, those being targeted are those who hide under the camouflage of herbal practice, but offer assistance to criminals by giving them charms for protection.
Ejie said the government has adopted bio-data capturing, as part of Soludo’s pro-active security measures, designed to check the list of practitioners, screen them and have their data analysis to know their areas of specialities in terms of herbal practice.
He further disclosed that the data analysis would identify who does what,.and also recalled that the data validation started before March 17, 2022, when Soludo administration was inaugurated.
Ejie Moreover, noted that the agency has given practitioners up to November, this year, to register or be sent packing.
Ejie disclosed that herbal practitioners are well known to save life using roots and herbs.
He said: “Whoever kills is not supposed to be called a member of the herbal practising association.”
He informed that the agency would embark on locally produced drugs standardisation and issuance of Certification Number by the National Agency for Foods and Drugs Administration (NAFDAC), after the bio-data capturing exercise.
He explained that those who refused to participate would be considered to be hiding something dangerous.
Ejie, who said he inherited the art from his grandfather, said the agency is leveraging on available data of such unions as the National Association of Nigeria Herbal Medicine Practitioners in Nigeria, Bone Healers, and others, to source its database of herbal medicine practitioners.
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