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The Minister of Health, Prof Eyitayo Lambo, has stated that the result of the baseline assessment study of Nigeria's pharmaceutical sector indicated that there was inadequate supply of key drugs at public health facilities, a situation which he said demanded radical health reforms. The minister said the results of the study indicated inadequate record keeping, especially at the primary health care level, irrational prescription of drugs, and higher utilisation of private sector facility than the public sector.