Vemma Nutrition Excites Lagosians With Wealth Creation Opportunities, "Another Event holds Tomorrow At Same Venue" - Management

Last Saturday, Lagosians defiled the rain to take advantage of the opportunities provded by Vemma Nutrition Nigeria in the wealth creation seminar organised by the company in Lekki. And they were not disappointed The facilitators opened their eyes to the numerous stream of income opportunities that exist within the Vemma nutrition network.

Some of the participants who spoke with Nigerian Natural Health Online expressed joy and optimism at the outcome of the event ( see pix below) and said they were looking forward to a rewarding partnership with Vemma Nutrition.

Those who could not make it to the event last Saturday now has an opportunity making it tomorrow at the same venue.

 A statement by the company, which was made available to Nigeria Natural Health Online, reads:"We will be having another business seminar this Saturday 30th may 2015 @ Bukha restaurant, Oando filling station, Lekki Epe express way. Ikota 2nd gate bus stop. VGC. Lekki. Time is 10am"

All enquiries should be address to Wilfred on 08091039103 Or - Esther on 08183494434

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"African Governments Should Pass The Traditional Medicine Bill Now!" - Dr Mrs Quincy Olasunbo Ayodele, WHO Expert On Development Of African Traditional Medicine

(Being the conclusion of the interview - started yesterday - between Nigeria Natural Health Online's editor, Dumbiri Frank Eboh and the MD/CEO of Quincy Herbal Slimmers, Dr Mrs Quincy Olasunbo Ayodele who is also a WHO expert in the development of African traditional medicine. In this segment, Dr Ayodele speaks on the apathy of African governments to the practice of traditional medicine in the continent. She also makes the shocking revelation of how Nigerian herbal practitioners sell their formulas to foreign companies because they cannot afford the capital requirement of regulatory agencies.)

What is the present crop of leadership of the national association of Nigerian traditional medicine practitioners (NANTMP) and how have they being pushing the cause of traditional medicine in Nigeria?

As you well know, I was the pioneer secretary – general of NANTMP and when I was on seat, we put a lot of things in place. We worked with NAFDAC to make sure that herbal medicines are registered correctly. We also work with Advertising Practitioners Council Of Nigeria (APCON) to make sure that there were no more spurious claims by practitioners. We worked with a lot of government agencies. All that happened when I was on seat; right now, I have moved up. I am now a WHO expert in the development of African traditional medicine. I’m sure the current executives of NANTMP are there doing what they can do. They must be able to tell us how far they have gone. And we are waiting for them to tell us what they have done. But as a herbal medicine practitioner in Nigeria, I want to use this opportunity to appeal to Nigerian government to pass the Traditional Medicine bill into law. When I was the secretary - general of NANTMP, we had a lot of practitioners registered. So the professionals are there, the plants are there and we are ready. The Nigerian Herbal Medicine Industry is ready for commercialization but what is delaying us now is the traditional medicine bill which the Nigerian government is yet to pass into law. If that bill is passed, it will augur well both for the practitioners and the economy. We would be exporting our herbal medicine and thereby earn good foreign exchange for the country because there is money in traditional medicine.

Recently, the Nigerian government announced that it was introducing herbal medicine as a course of study in Nigerian universities. As an expert in the field, what advice would you give to the government on how to implement this policy?

Well, let me inform you that, I was part of the team that prepared the WHO document on Collaboration and Integration of herbal medicine into the existing health care system of African member Nations. I believe the Nigerian Minister of Health has that paper, everything on how to go about it was spelt out in that paper, including even the remuneration of herbal practitioners in the country. I happen to be the person that wrote the paper on the collaboration of herbal medicine practitioners and orthodox medicine practitioners. It is a strategic frame work aimed at making the two types of medicine to complement each other. I believe the various ministries of healthy in each Africa member states have this paper and am sure they are doing something in that respect. In that document, we stated that traditional medicine should be put in the curriculum of universities across Africa, not just in Nigeria. I have a copy of that document here in my office which stipulates how Ministers should go about the integration. We even held a meeting with all Ministers of State before the paper came out. That meeting was held in Angola. But the only thing that is delaying  that of Nigeria is the fact that the federal government has not been able to pass the Traditional Medicine Bill into law.

At what stage is this bill? Is it that it has been pass by the National Assembly and the President has refused to give assent to it?

The bill is still at the National Assembly. I think they mentioned it once on the floor of the house but we are still waiting for them to mention it more so that they can begin the process of passing it into law.

As a WHO expert, what does your area of coverage entail?

It entails the development of African Traditional Medicine in practice, Practitioners and Products. We meet together to robe minds, plan and strategize on how to develop Traditional Medicine in Africa. It also entails how to develop the practitioners in Africa and how to develop the products in Africa. It’s a whole lot of work. We meet, plan and come up with a communique on particular issue. For instance, there was a time we planed for a decade of traditional medicine in Africa but now we have extended it because we didn’t finish what was expected within that decade. We have now renewed it for another ten years. So we are now moving forward for the next ten years.

As somebody who started from the local, to the National and now at the African Continental level, you must have pass through some challenges in the course of your journey up. What are some of the challenges facing the Traditional Medicine Industry in Nigeria and Africa at large?

Again, I will speak as a WHO expert on the development of African Traditional Medicine. There are some challenges that we discuss during our meetings. One of these is the Traditional Medicine Bill. Only about six member states have so fast pass that bill into law and this is not good for African Traditional Medicine. It’s a major challenge facing the practice of Traditional Medicine in Africa. If only member states can pass this bill into law, then we would have move the practice very, very high more than at the level which we are now. Imagine Nigeria has not pass the bill into law and Nigeria is considered to be the largest industry as far as Traditional Medicine is concern in Africa; and yet it has not pass that bill into law. Nigeria is suppose to be leading for others to follow but sadly that is not how it is in this case. So am using this medium to ask Governments at every level to pass that bill into law. In fact, African Governments should pass the Traditional Medicine bill into law now! There is also the challenge of training of practitioners. We have a lot of practitioners that are illiterate yet their practice is okay. You cannot say because they are illiterate they don’t know how to treat some ailment with herbal medicine. So we have to train them to meet global standards in herbal medicine practice. We don’t want to continue to produce our products in the local way; we want to produce them with international standards while still retaining the Africa identity. African traditional medicine is for Africans by Africans. Our own medicine is peculiar to us in Africa and there is a way we develop it.

What do you have to say about the influx of foreign herbal medicine brands, specially those from Asia, into Nigeria?

The truth is that even though our practitioners are well versed in the act of traditional medicine practice, they can not get their brands registered because of the exorbitant cause of registration. Many practitioners cannot afford to pay for registration. Is not just the cost; the standard infrastructure that must be put in place is also a very big challenge to many practitioners who do not have the required capitals to set up such structures. How can you ask somebody who knows how to cure simple stomach ailment with simple herbs to set up factory before he can be registered? Where will the person see that kind of money to set up such a factory? You are require to have water tank, treatment tank and other facilities that are too costly for many traditional to afford. So what most traditional do now is that they sell their formulas to foreign companies, especially those from China and America. These foreign companies will now manufacture it and bring it back to be sold in Nigerian market. It’s a pity! If only their regulative agencies could have an alternative way that will not require a road side herbal practitioner - who actually know the practice but does not have the huge capital to get registered – to be frustrated into selling his formulas to foreign companies, It would go a long way in helping indigenous practitioners. Let government look for another way of getting this people registered. Government could for instance, assess the efficacy of such product or services and when they have being proving to be effective, they could be registered while government provides the facilities in such a way that registered herbal practitioner could come and rent. These would end this shameful act whereby Nigeria practitioner sell their formulas to foreign companies.

Now, let’s bring the interview to a close by looking once more at Quincy Herbal Slimmers. Where do you see Quincy Herbal Slimmers in the next five or ten years?

God as always been on our side. He was the one that started the journey for us and he will never leave us. He has brought us this far and will take us much further than this in the ten years or more. And by the special grace of God, Quincy will be a very big brand comparable to Coca-cola. Quincy will be to the Herbal industry what Coca-cola is to the soft drinkS industry.

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"Accessibility To Nature Is What Stands Us Out From The Crowd" - Dr (Mrs) Quincy Olasumbo Ayodele,MD/CEO Quincy Herbal Slimmers

The slogan "If it is not Quincy, then it is not slimmy" Is a popular one amongst people who leave in Nigerian cities. This is because the origin of that slogan, Quincy Herbal Slimmers, is a brand that has stamped its feet and authority in the herbal slimmy sector of the Nigerian natural health industry.

In this incisive interview with Nigeria Natural Health Online's editor, Dumbiri Frank Eboh, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Quincy herbal slimmers, Dr mrs Quincy Olasumbo Ayodele,who is also a World Health Organisation (WHO) expert on the development of African Traditional Medicine, speaks on the making of the Quincy brand and other issues surrounding the practice of traditional medicine in Africa. excerpts.

 

Let's meet you

I am Doctor Mrs. Quincy Olasumbo Ayodele. I am the MD/CEO of Quincy Herbal Shimmers.

How would you define herbal slimming and how does it differ from other slimmy therapies?

Herbal slimmy is the management of obesity using herbal medicine, nutrition and some physical exercises. It is the use of Agbo to reduce weight. But when I say Agbo, I do not mean the local ones you have along the streets. It has gone quiet beyond that at Quincy Herbal Slimmers.

The herbal medicines we administer here at Quincy Herbal Slimmers have been standardized in dosage and administration. We have been able to make our herbal medicines into tablets and capsules and also liquid and powder forms. They are clinically acceptable by our clients within our community.

Could you tell us a little bit about your background?

Am always very proud to say that am a village girl. I was brought up in the village by my paternal  grand-mother. She brought me up with herbal medicine because there was no hospital in my village. My father (now of blessed memory) left me with my grandmother in the village when he was going to further his education abroad. So it was my grandmother that took care of me. I use to be a very sick child then and she was always looking after me with herbal medicine. I did not know any other form of medicine.

I was taking it on a daily bases and that brought me very close to nature at a very young age. And when eventually I got married I came to Lagos to settle with my husband. Of course you know lagos lifestyles is: You eat up all sorts of things and end up adding weight. This made me to be sick again even in Lagos. My grandmother responded by bringing herbal medicine to me. She told me that obesity is the root cause of most diseases. She gave me a lot of helps and gradually my weight got drastically reduced. This was what prompted me into herbals slimmy. I had some friends then who were also obesed and were searching for solution from orthodox medicine. But they did not find any solution there.

But when I introduce them into herbal medicine, they lost their weight. So that was how my practice of herbal slimmy started, eventually, I went back to school to study the scientific aspect of herbal medicine at the Nigeria College of Natural Medicine. I came back with more knowledge. Apart from knowing the helps, I now knew their dosage, their usage and so many other aspects. That’s how the journey started and I thank God for how far he has brought us today.

Would you say Herbal Slimmy is better than Orthodox Slimmy therapy?

As a World Health Organization (WHO) expert on development of African Traditional Medicine, I won’t say one is better than the other. Rather, they complement each other. For instance, we have client who were referred to us by Orthodox practitioners to come and reduce their weight in preparation for their treatments. So they complement each other. We know our limitations, the orthodox practitioners know their limitations. As long as we are both working for the improvement of mankind, our relationship should be complementary.

What are those things that stand Quincy Herbal Slimmers out from the crowd?

The Almighty God has always been there beside us he is the one that called us into the art of using herbs to manage obesity and skin treatment. He has giving us the knowledge to go and heal his people. We have a vision and a mission when we started. Remember what our slogan says: "If it is not Quincy, then it is not slimmy". That was the mission we started with and God has always been there for us. He has given us access to nature. Right now, there is no help or plant that we cannot identify. We know their formulas and how to use them. I can bet you there is no other person doing Herbal Slimmy in Nigeria that has access to nature than Quincy Herbal Slimmers. Of course the result is out there for you to check. Ever since we started herbal slimming in Nigerian, we have been leading the industry. We lead while others follow. Our accessibility to nature is what stands us out from the crowd.

What is the driving force behind the Quincy brand?

Our driving force is our mission and vision. What we are doing is preparing the future generation of herbal practitioners. Quincy will always take the lead in the Nigerian Herbal Industry. We are creating generational wealth in the nearest future; the Quincy brand is going to be all over the world just like Coca-cola. I will sit down here and monitor everything around the world. And that is the driving force of Quincy Herbals which is anchored on redefining traditional medicine practice in Nigeria. It is also about passing the legacy from generation to generation. I got it from my paternal grandmother and I will pass it unto my children – both my biological and non-biological children who are around me. And that is how we are going to pass on this accessibility to nature from generation to generation.

How are you positioned in the market? Is it only for the very rich in the society?

Quincy Herbals Slimmers is very affordable for those who appreciate their health. Health is wealth, you cannot quantify the cost of getting a good health. You should understand that obesity kills. So you cannot really cost it. If you really want to be okay and healthy, the best thing to do is to choose the best outfit that can guarantee you good health. If you want to lose weight properly then you need to go to those who started herbal slimming in Nigeria. So, from that perspective we are quit affordable. We even have special programs for less privileged people and for those who cannot afford our premium prizes but who need that kind of attention to regain their health through weight loss. We have reduced rates for them. So, Quincy Herbal Slimmers is for everybody. You don’t need to go  abroad to lose weight properly; you can do that at Quincy Herbals Slimmers instead of going abroad to die there you can come  here and reduce your weight, reduce your tummy, reduce your fat, reduce your high cholesterol and those things that can cause ill health to your body. We are here for the benefits of Nigerians and humanity in general, using natural herb as the means of making them to achieve good health...

( To be continued tomorrow )

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