DABO 2023: BUK Hosts 44 Conference of WASP/SOAP

The West African Society for Pharmacology /SocietelOuest-African edela Pharmacology(WASP/SOAP) conducted its 44 annual conference at Bayero University Kano, at Dangote Business school from 6 to 8 November, 2023.

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This year's conference was themed: is The Chemistry in Pharmacology:The Search for Pharmacological Bioactive Molecules from natural sources.In his welcome address, the Chairman Local Organizing Committee ,Prof. Abdullahi H.Yaro,welcomed all 

members of the WASP/SOAP,key note speakers and participants from to the annual conference named DABO 2023. 

Also in his opening remarks, the Chairman of the West African Society for Pharmacology(WASP)Board of Trustees, Professor Lawal Alhassan Bichi, said he was very pleased that Bayero University would host this event. He explained that the society was a regional one and had members across the states of West Africa and Nigeria was the leading state in membership and activity.

The Vice Chancellor, Professor Sagir Adamu Abbas, who declared the conference open, welcomed and thanked the officials and members of the society for finding BUK worthy to host the 44Conference. “I want to appreciate the society for the honor of appointing a senior member of the University as the Chairman Board of Trustees. Presenting his address, the President of the West African Society for Pharmacology, Prof Ching F. Poh, who was represented by Professor Moses Atanda Moses, expressed gratitude of the entire society to the Vice Chancellor Professor Abbas and the management team for the hospitality.

Among the invited guests were the Executive Governor of Kano State, H.E Engr Abba Kabir Yusuf,who was represented by the Director, Kano State Drug and Medical Consumables Supply Agency, Pharmacist Gali Sule.

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The DG congratulated the society for making this conference possible as well as the University for hosting this grand event. He also explained that more than 30% of the state Budget was allocated to education, as it considered it thehighest priority in the state. 

The Keynote Speaker,Prof Ibrahim Katampe,is a 

Professor of Organic Chemistry and is the currently Assistant Director, for Innovation and Technology Incubation a t the College of Engineering,Science 

Technology and Agriculture(CESTA),Central State 

University, USA. 

The West African Society for Pharmacology (WASP/SOAP) was established in 1971 and the founding fathers desired the improvement and advancement of the science of pharmacology and the allied sciences in all ramifications throughout the West African Sub-region. 

From its humble beginning with a membership of 12, the society has over 500 members spread throughout the West 

African sub-region. 

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