Oodua Redemption Alliance (ORA), a Yoruba socio-cultural group says it is interfacing with local herbalists towards finding a cure for COVID-19.
The group has also called on the governments of the Yoruba states- Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti and Kwara and prominent Yoruba indigenes, to support the cause.
Speaking in Ibadan, the president of the group, Victor Taiwo said as part of its determination to help in finding a cure for the virus, the group a team was interfacing with local herbalists and that the management of the University of Ibadan was ready to assist with its facilities.
“The Yoruba race is blessed with local herbs which are good enough to cure incurable diseases given the right atmosphere and inspiration.
According to him, the group has also sent out a team of researchers to explore our local herbalists. “After taking the samples of their drug agents, we consulted with a professor who is one of the leading pharmacologists in the country serving in the University of Ibadan who encouraged us to make every effort toward fighting the global menace.
“Today, we are in motion. And so, the next line action is to call on our state governments in Yorubaland as well as the well-todo among us to rise to the occasion by supporting the required funding of this exercise. As we speculate, this endeavour might succeed in saving the world.
