For violating pharmacy laws and standards governing the handling and distribution of medicines, the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed 498 pharmaceutical premises across Lagos State.
Dr Suleiman Chiroma, Head of Enforcement for the Council, while briefing newsmen at the PCN’s zonal office in Yaba, said the clampdown followed a weeklong enforcement operation conducted across 20 local government areas, including Ikeja, Apapa, Ikorodu, Alimosho, Surulere, and Lagos Island.
“The affected premises comprised 215 pharmacies, 83 patent medicine stores, and 200 illegal medicine outlets.
“In total, 845 facilities were inspected, 483 pharmacies, 162 patent medicine stores, and 200 unlicensed medicine shops.
“Out of these, 498 were sealed for contravening various regulatory provisions,” he said.
Chiroma added that 29 others were issued compliance directives to address specific lapses and align with the Council’s standards.
“The violations included operating without registra- tion, failure to renew licens- es, unauthorised clinical practices, improper storage of controlled medicines, and wholesalers engaging in retail sales, all breaches of the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (Establishment) Act, 2022,” he said.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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