Benue Governor and NAFDAC At War Over Use Of Chloroquine For Covid-19 Treatment

The Bauchi State representative, Bala Mohammed, has demanded that he owed no one apolgy and would not lament affirming chloroquine for the treatment of the lethal coronavirus in the state. 

His announcement was because of reaction from individuals who felt such authorisations are only saved for proficient clinical work force. 

Mr Mohammed, who was the file instance of COVID-19 in Bauchi, had uncovered a week ago Chloroquine, Zithromax, and Vitamin C were among the drug he used to treat the disease. 

He kept up that he would prefer to prescribe chloroquine and Zithromax to treat COVID-19 patients than watch them bite the dust of the illness. 

The National Agency for Food Administration and Control (NAFDAC) had a week ago condemned the representative's order, cautioning Nigerians not to take any medicine not endorsed by the NCDC. 

As per the announcement discharged by the NAFDAC's Director-General, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye; "The organization is worried about reports on social and other media of medications or immunizations to fix COVID 19," 

“the agency has not granted any approval to any products for use as a cure or vaccine against COVID 19” she added.

On wether he lament making such declaration, the Governor said he owed no one conciliatory sentiment. 

The governor said; “Pertaining to what I said last week that I was misquoted, I was a COVID-19 patient. And I have been asked, how did I get cured? And I said how I got cured and I recommended what should be done. It was my own recommendation and not that of the state committee.

“I have no apology for saying that I used Chloroquine, Zithromax, and Vitamin-C to get treatment and Allah cured me.

"To me, it's better you take something, rather than sit down and die. We have not recorded any death in Bauchi... That one that died came after the test. And you can see we have plenty patients. And by the grace of God, Allah will heal our patients.

"Other countries are using other forms of medication. It is not an issue of Chloroquine alone. It is a common knowledge that COVID-19 has no vaccine or drugs; we are just groping in the dark.

“But still, if you have symptoms of fever you can take chloroquine. If you have the symptom of infection you can still take Zithromax and get well; if you have symptoms of pains you can still take panadol and get well; you don’t even need a doctor for that.

“But the doctors are the ones prescribing this. I didn’t take the Chloroquine on my own, and I am not recommending that people should go and use this without the recommendations of their case managers.

“All I was relieving was my experience.”

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