Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi who disclosed this on Thursday after reviewing the report of the recent monitoring, inspection and enforcement exercises carried out by the Taskforce, explained that the affected pharmacies and patent medicine stores were shut for contravening regulations guiding the operations of pharmacies and patent medicine stores, including indulging in illegal practices and failing to comply with regulatory standard.
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The registrar of the council, Elijah Mohammed, represented by the Director of Enforcement, Stephen Esumobi, disclosed this to newsmen during a press conference.
The Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi who disclosed this on Tuesday while reviewing report of the monitoring, inspection and enforcement exercise carried out by the Task Force through the Pharmaceutical Inspectorate Unit (PIU) of the Pharmaceutical Services Directorate of the Ministry of Health, stated that the sealing of the affected pharmacies and patent medicine stores was in accordance with the provisions of Section C34 of the Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods Miscellaneous Provision Act of 1999.
The Registrar of the council, Dr. Elijah Mohammed, gave the figures in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja.
Speaking at the opening of the training on Saturday in Lafia, Nwora Okpaleake, State Officer of PCN, said that the training was aimed at improving the capacity of medicine dealers in line with the present realities.
The Federal Government says the seventh edition of the Nigerian Essential Medicine List and Essential Medicine List for Children will be inaugurated in September.
The President of the Para-powerlifting Federation of Nigeria, Queen Obuh, has rejected the results of the Paralympic Committee of Nigeria elections, saying the exercise was in contravention of body’s guideline.
Anthonia Aruya, Director, Inspection and Monitoring of PCN, made the disclosure during a news conference in Minna on Friday.
The Council’s Director in charge of Inspection and Monitoring, Anthonia Aruya, disclosed this at a news conference in Birnin Kebbi on Friday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Bayelsa is the 28th state the council is carrying out the monitoring and enforcement in nationwide.
Ifeoma Kalu, the Chairman, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria in Abia, on Wednesday urged Federal Government to ensure full funding of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria.
The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has decried the spate of illegal distribution of drugs in Owerri.
Jelili Kilani, the PSN Chairman, FCT Chapter, gave the indication in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.
Reacting to reports that the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria is set to inaugurate a ‘Codeine Control and Other Related Matters Working Group, Saraki stated on his personal Facebook and Twitter pages that it was encouraging to see the PCN take an active stance against the use and distribution of illegal substances.
Elijah Mohammed, the Registrar of the Council, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja.
Esumobi, who is also a Deputy Director in PCN, explained that the sealed shops included five pharmacies and 155 patent medicine shops for offences like poor storage conditions