The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed 430 pharmaceutical premises across 10 local government areas in Yobe State following a four-day enforcement operation.
The Head of Enforcement of the PCN, Suleiman Chiroma, told journalists in Damaturu on Thursday that 601 premises were inspected in Damaturu, Potiskum, Nguru, Fune, Bade, and five other LGAs.
“Of the 601 premises inspected during the exercise, 50 per cent were found to be operating illegally.
“Illegal premises accounted for 70 per cent of all facilities sealed,” Chiroma said.
He disclosed that 300 illegal outlets, 110 PPMV stores and 20 pharmacies were sealed, while 21 compliance directives were issued.
“300 were unregistered illegal outlets, 267 were Patent Medicine Vendor (PPMV) stores and 34 were pharmacies.
He also decried the low number of pharmacies, which made up just six per cent of the premises visited.
“This statistic reflects the low level of pharmaceutical care and services in the state,” he said.
On breaches, he listed “operating without PCN licenses, poor storage, unauthorized access to controlled drugs and use of apprentices for dispensing.”
“These practices, if not checked, pose a danger to public health and could lead to treatment failure, drug abuse and antimicrobial resistance”, he warned.
Chiroma said the council would sustain regulatory oversight and urged the public to “obtain medicines only from premises licensed by the PCN.”
The exercise was carried out under the PCN Establishment Act 2022 to ensure access to safe medicines in line with the National Drug Policy.
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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