MPs Call for Merging of NMS as PAC Report pins Entity over Expenditures, Inflating Drug Prices

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Parliament has approved a report of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) with strong recommendations against the National Medical Stores (NMS) which has been faulted for inflating prices for essential medicine and also failing on contractual obligations. Established as a Statutory Corporation in 1993 by Act of Parliament, NMS is mandated to Procure, Stores and Distribute Essential Medicines and