In a letter tagged: “A Need for a Presidential Redress of the Gaffe by Dr. Tunji”, the ACPN described the circular as a misnomer in many aspects and ramifications.
They said it was out of place for a Minister to sign a circular instead of a designated civil servant. “When Dr. Tunji Alausa visited Afrimedical Manufacturing and Supplies Ltd. syringe factory in Ota, Ogun State about mid-March, 2024 and began to mouth the need to ban the import of syringes in Nigeria, the cognoscenti of opinion was that the imperative demanded a requisite need assessment of needles and syringes in Nigeria against a scientific evaluation of the capacity utilization and installed capacity of the existing three factories which manufacture syringes in Nigeria.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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