The West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists – an agfency ofo the West African Health Organisation in collaboration with the Pharmaceutical Society of The Gambia has commenced its 36th Annual General Meeting, Scientific Symposium, and 66th Council Meeting at Kairaba Hotel, from Monday, 15th to 19th April 2024.
The theme of this year’s AGM and Symposium is ‘Medicine Safety,’ the keynote speakers are Professor Pierre Gomez, The Gambian Minister of Higher Education, and Dr. Edit A. Annan from WHO Afro Office, Congo Brazzaville.
Professor Ibrahim Adekunle Oreagba, the Secretary-General of WAPCP, who had announced begin of the event disclosed that a total of eighty-one (81) students will be inducted as Fellows in various specialties offered by the College, having successfully passed the final examinations of the four-year Fellowship programme.
Other highlights of the opening ceremony include the investiture of two (2) Honorary Fellows, five (5) Foundation Fellows from three (3) Francophone countries (Benin, Senegal, Togo), and one (1) Lusophone country (Guinea Bissau); Nine (9) Elected Fellows from the West African region. Among those being elected as Fellows is the former Director of National Pharmaceutical Services and currently the Deputy Permanent Secretary, MOH, The Gambia, Mr. Babanding Sabally; Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control Nigeria (NAFDAC), Professor Christianah M. Adeyeye; The Director General, Nigerian Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Dr. Obi Adigwe; The former Director General of Standards Organization of Nigeria, Pharm Farouk Salim; The immediate Past President of the Nigerian Association of Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Scientists in the Americas, Dr. Teresa Poundsamongst others.
The current Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Ms. Kachollom Shangti Daju, mni, and Dr Prosper Hiag (from Cameroun), current Vice President of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)are the recipients of the Honorary Fellow of the College.
At the AGM there will be an academic presentation of conference abstracts by participants from the 5-member College: The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone on the fourth day of the conference.