Council Seals Up 520 Pharmacies, Patent Medicine Shops in Kwara

Date: 2022-05-27

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has disclosed that about 520 pharmacies, patent, and medicine stores have been sealed up in Kwara State over their alleged failures to comply with the council's guidelines and unethical practices

Speaking with journalists in Ilorin, yesterday, after an inspection visit to the drug outlets, the PCN Head of Enforcement Department, Pharmacist Stephen Esumobi stated that “some of the pharmaceutical companies sealed up failed to display their licenses and evidence of registration.

“Apart from this, some of them have been selling drugs to the members of the public outside their status and this is a serious threat to the life of Nigerians”.

Esumobi explained that “the PCN enforcement team have been on the field in Kwara State throughout the week visiting premises in the following local government areas of Ilorin West, Ilorin East, Ilorin South, Asa, Moro, and Ifelodun.

“Observations from the field in the state revealed that while there is a commendable level of compliance by some stakeholders, others have chosen to operate with total disregard for the PCN guidelines.

“So many premises are not registered with the PCN while a large number of those registered do not bother to renew their licenses.

“Most of the patent medicines vendors in activities far beyond their scope and also stock products outside their approved drug list including ethical medicines and substances of abuse.”

He added that “At the end of the exercise, a total of 743 premises were visited. This comprises 594 patent medicines shops and 149 pharmacies.

“A total of 520 premises were sealed comprising 39 pharmacies and 481 patent medicine shops. Eight compliance directives were issued for various offenses such as poor sanitary conditions, poor documentation, and non-display of premises and pharmacists' annual licenses.”

While stating further that, the enforcement was not to punish the stakeholders, Esumobi noted, “It is meant to ensure full compliance of the PCN and most importantly to ensure the lives of Nigerians.”

He urged members of the public to continue to source all drug needs from registered and currently licensed pharmacies and over-the-counter medicines from registered patent and medicine vendor shops, stressing that drugs sold in unregistered outlets cannot be guaranteed to be genuine.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Riskat Opakunle     Aminat Ahmed     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Mutawalle     Old Oyo     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Ibrahim Oniye     Amasa     Garba Dogo     Issa Baba     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Salary     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Bilikis Oladimeji     Aliyu U. Tilde     Mohammed Haruna     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Curfew     Umaru Saro     Zainab Abass     Fola Consultant     Musa Aibinu     Saeedat Aliyu     CCB     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Kwara Consultative Forum     Mohammed Abduraheem     Ndakene     Tunde Akanbi     Amina El-Imam     Awili Pedro     Moses Rahman Popoola     Tafida Of Kaiama     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Oba Abdulrahim     Akorede     Sardauna     Olofa Of Offa     Communication Network Support Services     Basit Olatunji     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Michael Nzekwe     Abdulraufu Mustapha     AGF Abdulrazaq     Okasanmi Ajayi     Bola Olukoju     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Durbar Festival     Students Union Government     IQRA College     Tinubu     Sunday Otokiti     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Ghali Muhammed     Abiodun Oyedepo     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     SARS     James Ayeni     Labour Party     Mansur Alfanla     Alfa Modibo Belgore     KWAFFA     Yomi Ogunsola     IHS Towers     Saka Abimbola Isau     Plat Technologies Limited     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Omotoso Musa     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Stephen Fasakin     Kwara Liberation Group     LEAH Charity Foundation     Ola Falade     Abdulwahab Ololele     David Adesina     Col. Taiwo    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Elewu     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Pilgrims Board     Ahmed Bayero     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Congress For National Consensus     Mary Arinde     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Ishaq Oloyede     Umar Gunu     Jumoke Gafar     Halidu Danbaba     SWAN     Lanre Olosunde     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Borgu     MAI Akande     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Deji Ajani     Apaokagi     Ben Duntoye     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Hamza Usman     Femi Agbaje     Niyi Ogundiran     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Harmony Holdings     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     KW-GIS     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Oya State     Moses Salami     Ijakadi     Shettima     Ilesha-Gwanara     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Sobi Specialist Hospital     N-Power     Kunle Suleiman     NIPOGA     Olaosebikan     Charles Ibitoye     Wasiu Onidugbe     Oke-Odo     Hauwa Nuru     Allocation     School Of Nursing     Kwara Volleyball Association     2017 Budget     Okin Biscuits     Kehinde Baale     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Sarah Jubril     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Lateef Alagbonsi     Shuaib Abdulkadir     JAAC     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Sarah Alade     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Tayo Alao     Risikat Lawal     Frootify     Saduki Lafiagi     Gbenga Awoyale     Biliaminu Aliu     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Idris Garuba     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     International Aviation College