The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu revealed that Medical Students in Nigerian Universities will soon be studying Traditional Medicine as the ministry was in the process of integrating traditional medicine practice into medical school curriculum.
The minister in the interview also talked about the rising abuse of codeine syrup, especially in the northern part of the country. He revealed that the ministry was taking drastic steps to regulate the drug, stressing that it would henceforth be treated as a narcotic that should not be sold over the counter.
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