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"They were foreigners, they could divest, pull out their funds and go back home to their countries. I couldn’t go anywhere."
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Stella Chinyelu OkoliStella Chinyelu Okoli
Stella Chinyelu Okoli
Stella Chinyelu Okoli is a Nigerian pharmacist, philanthropist and entrepreneur. She is the founder and current chief executive officer of Emzor pharmaceutical manufacturing company founded in 1977.
"They were foreigners, they could divest, pull out their funds and go back home to their countries. I couldn’t go anywhere."
"“The current forex situation has made our suppliers think less of us as a country and that is not good enough.”"
"“We must encourage our own local manufacturers to meet the needs of their people locally as well as export to other nations to avoid recession.”"
"We have no business allowing importation of drugs that we can produce here because all we are doing is importing poverty. There has to be industry where the young pharmacists can fit into after graduation."
"There have been policies over the years that have favoured the trading multi-nationals, to the detriment and disadvantage of those of us who have invested in the development of the manufacturing aspect of the industry"
"... everything I did not achieve before 70, now is the time to get started”."