Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has directed the regulation of traditional medicine practices in the state for the well-being of the people.

The Enugu State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Lawrence Eze, disclosed this in an interview with journalists on Friday in Enugu.

Mr Eze said that before Mr Mbah’s administration came on board, the tradomedical practitioners were doing things without any directives, adding that it was a free-for-all operation.

He noted that Mr Mbah gave the ministry a matching order to bring all the practitioners under state government regulation.

Mr Eze said regulation was for the government to understand who was genuine and fake, those who invented one traditional cure or another, and possibly whether what they had invented was working.

According to Mr Eze, the state Ministry of Science and Technology is regulating the tradomedical practitioners.

“We want a situation where tested and trusted traditional medicines from Enugu State will be packaged and marketed within and outside the country.

“The Enugu State government will stop at nothing to ensure maximum support for any traditional medicine proven to cure any sickness,” Mr Eze added.

The commissioner said the government would provide practitioners with the equipment needed and a research centre with professionals in the field for their work to be effective.

He encouraged anyone in the field to do proper research and develop quality products, and the government would help advertise such products.

(NAN)