Section 6: Objectives of the Agency.

The Agency shall:
a research, develop, promote, collate, document, and preserve Nigeria's indigenous (traditional) healthcare systems, medications and non-medication healing arts, sciences, technologies and bio resources and facilitate their integration into the national healthcare delivery system;
b conduct ethno-medical and ethno-veterinary surveys, with a view to developing a comprehensive inventory of Medical, Aromatic and Pesticidal Plants (MAPPs) and animal and animal parts and minerals and other bio diversities of Nigeria used as natural medicine;
c promote the active cultivation of medicinal, aromatic, pesticidal plants and other raw materials through the development of appropriate species identification, good agricultural and collection practices and technologies for adoption by farmers;
d develop and disseminate MAPPS post harvest processing technologies and techniques, to ensure good quality raw materials, value addition, herbal therapies formulation and production;
e cultivate and grow medicinal, aromatic and pesticidal plants and ensure proper identification of active substances used in natural medicine practice and translation of relevant information into Nigeria languages;
f establish model experimental farms and activity centers in each of the six geo political zones of the country;
g establish and maintain a virtual and digital library and national databank, information references center on Nigeria's indigenous (traditional) health systems, medication and non-medication healing arts, sciences and technologies;
h research, collate, document and disseminate all published and unpublished research works and findings on all aspects of traditional medicine, products and practices including medicinal, aromatic and pesticidal plants indigenous health sciences and technology;
i support, facilitate and promote the conduct of safety assessment, observational studies and clinical trials of Nigeria traditional therapies;
j stimulate, support, and facilitate, the development of policies and legal instruments for the protection and preservations of the nation's intellectual property rights, traditional medicines knowledge and biodiversity;
k facilitate and support the development of appropriate benefit sharing regimes and promote awareness about issues of intellectual property right with regards to traditional medicines knowledge, biodiversity and prevent bio piracy;
l educate practitioners of traditional medicine to improve their products development and practice skills and encourage the documentation of their traditional medicine knowledge through sensitisation and interactive workshops and training;
m demystify and increase public awareness and interest in the development, promotion and rational utilisation of appropriate natural medicines, products and services;
n collaborate with other stakeholders to explore and promote the establishment of model natural medicine clinics attached to existing hospitals in all zones of the country;
o promote interaction and collaborations between Nigeria practitioners of natural medicines and conventional health practitioners and their counterparts of the world;
p encourage the active participation and involvement of Nigerian traditional medicine practitioners in the activities of international, bilateral, multilateral, and non-governmental organisations;
q establish a model school of natural medicine, as training arms of agency and seek accreditation and affiliation with appropriate bodies and higher institutions, to carry out man power development and training of interested individuals and entrepreneurs;
r publish and maintain a discovery of Nigeria traditional medicine practitioners for collaborative research and development purposes; and
s perform such functions and deemed necessary or expedient for the actualisation of the objectives under this Act