The federal government has
granted the University of Ibadan
and Obafemi Awolowo University
approval to award degree
certificates in traditional
medicine practice.
The National Association of
Nigerian Traditional Medicine
Practitioners (NANTMP) National
President, Omon Oleabhiele,
confirmed the unprecedented
development in the Edo State.
He said the Federal Ministry of
Health had already inaugurated
the body that will draw the
curriculum for the syllabus in
Abuja.
Following the approval granted
University of Ibadan and Obafemi
Alowo Universities, NANTMP is
confident more institutions in
the country would soon get
certification to award degrees in
traditional medicine practice.
Subsequently, Oleabhiele called
for the immediate establishment
of traditional medicine hospitals
to complement orthodox medical
hospitals, with patients having
the right of choice for their
treatment method.
The approval to grant such
degrees follows decades of
traditionalists lobbying
government for the formal
recognition and acceptance of
traditional medicine.
