This memorandum explains the sections and terms in the 2014 National Health Act. The Act stipulates the regulation, development and management of a health system and sets standards for rendering health services in Nigeria.

This policy highlights the plan to ensure availability and accessibility to
controlled medicines, including local manufacturing of schedule I narcotics and decentralization of
its warehousing. It incorporates a framework that describes the quality assurance mechanisms and funding recommendations to
ensure sustained availability of the medicines.