By; SANI ALIYU, Zaria.
The Pharmaceutical Association of Nigerian Students (PANS) Ahamdu Bello University, Zaria had honoured Pharm. Sam Nda Isaiah, Chairman and Chief Executive of Leadership Newspapers at its annual symposium and magazine lunching held at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science at the week end.
Speaking at the occasion, Nda Isaiah asserted that herbal drug is contributing towards development of national economy through entrepreneurship.
He said, any business that doesn’t start small was not going to succeed and nothing is impossible once there is hope and commitment towards actualizing the mission.
Nda Isaiah charged students of phamarcy to start thinking on how to be self reliant right from their early stage in the University .
He expressed his appreciation for the honour done him, which he said comes unexpected to him but thanked God for the recognition
Also speaking, the chairman of the occasion Dr. Ahmed Tijjani Mora, the Wakilin Maganin Zazzau, said the sole essence of knowledge is to solve exisiting societal problem which clearly reveals that knowledge acquired through any profession must have a positive impact on the society.
Mora said, the challenges in the pharmacy profession in Nigeria is inevitable to any society and impossible to be addressed completely, but it could be reduced greatly to the minimal level.
According to him, in every profession, there are a lot of quacks whom one can’t avoid completely because of the high levels of pervert in the Country which made people to go for substandard.
In his remarks, the Deen Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Professor Umar Usman Pateh commended the students for maintaining the annual events which always attract many personalities.
Professor Pateh said all what they realized during the lunching would be used to execute some projects beneficial to the Faculty.
The theme of the symposium is “Pharmacy and entrepreneurship in a challenging world”.
