We have the cure for the Virus – Professor Maurice Iwu
30 April 2020 |
9:10 am
Maurice Iwu, a Nigerian professor of Pharmacognosy from the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) has raised the hope of readiness of a drug to combat deadly coronavirus pandemic.
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7 Comments
This Prof Iwu’s solutions should be taken seriously, we can’t be having local options and we are looking at Senegal’s local products.
If the government does not have ulterior motives concerning the novel coronavirus they should support local researches. Don’t let us play politics with people’s lives. Oòni of Ife also came out with local herbal cure and nobody pays attention to it. Why are we like this?
Yes!!! I hope it is true and both discoveries know about Patents and Trademarks.
It would be great if a cure for the virus has been found by one of our own.
I must quickly add that there are channels for reporting discoveries in science which our own Professor Iwu knows and should follow.
There’s no big deal in what the professor has said and shouldn’t be waved away as usual.
Simply provide the professor with at least ten confirmed cases, isolate the professor along with the patients, provide him with a two sided coin (if you’re able to negate the virus in the confirmed cases, this is the reward and if it/you fail, this is the reward)
Independence is beyond paper work.
Let’s go.
Precisely
one thing you guys don’t understand is a lot of forces wouldn’t allow that drug see the light of day
We will review and take appropriate action.