By Sam Ohuabunwa
In the year 2001 or thereabout, I was a member of a delegation of
the Nigerian American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) that visited President
Olusegun Obasanjo at Aso Rock. The delegation was led by the President of the
chamber at that time, Chief (Mrs) Priscillia Kuye (SAN). When Kuye finished
addressing the President, she graciously requested if I had something to add.
I
rose up to grab the opportunity. But before I would speak, she introduced me to
the President as a pharmacist and chairman/ CEO of Neimeth International
Pharmaceuticals Plc, a successor company of Pfizer Products Plc. As I tried to
open my mouth, the President charged at me, “You pharmacists, you are the ones
that import fake drugs into the country!” I was stunned, but quickly
remonstrated that his statement was untrue.
