Kwara seals off 6 medicine stores
The Chairman, Kwara Assembly Committee on Fake and Counterfeit Drugs, Hajiya Risikat Lawal, ordered the closure when the committee visited some patent medicine stores in the state.
The six affected stores are located in Offa, Offa Local Government Area and Ijagbo in Oyun Local Government Area.
The stores are: Havila Pharmaceutical Services, Ijagbo; Alayande Medicine Stores, Ijagbo; and Ola-Iya Stores, Offa.
Others are Femto Medicine Stores, Offa; OloBola Medicine Stores, Offa; and Jossy Patent Medicine Stores also in Offa.
The Chairman said some of the offences committed by the sealed stores range from unregistered outfit, selling of regulated drugs such as anti-biotics, anti-hypertensive and treatment of patients.
She said owners of any medicine store found stocking fake and counterfeit drugs would be liable to half a million naira fine or imprisonment for two years or both.
"Patent medicine shops should desist from selling ethical drugs like Ampiclox capsules, procaine and penicillin injections with other controlled drugs," she said.
The Chairman advised patent medicine stores in the state to register and renew their licences with the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria through the state Ministry of Health.
Reacting to the development, the Commissioner for Information and Communication, Tunji Moronfoye, re-affirmed of government’s determination to rid the state of sales and consumption of fake and counterfeit drugs.
Moronfoye told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the committee on fake and counterfeit drugs would continue to assist the government to eliminate fake drugs.
- NAN
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Baboko Primary School Emir Of Lafiagi National Democratic Congress Kamaldeen Kehinde Ndakene Assayomo Abdulrazaq Magaji Habeeb Saidu Yomi Adeboye Mutawalle Suleiman Alege Kuranga Okin Group Saliu Oluwole International Vocational Centre Ishola Balogun Fulani Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah Oju Ekun Sarumi Baaziki Sulaiman Emir Of Yashikira Ilorin Muslim Community Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa Alapado United Nigeria Congress Party ER-KANG Mining Haliru Yahaya Halidu Danbaba Aliyu Umar Kwara State Council Of Chiefs Sanusi Abubakar Kwara Pdp Wole Oke Oke Sunna Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa Peculiar Allowance Kawu Simeon Sule Ajibola 08001000100 Oyelere Oyinloye Michael Nzekwe Wahab Femi Agbaje Gbajabiamila National Association Of Nigerian Students Idris Garba Saheed Alakoso Special Adviser On Digital Innovation Abdullahi AbdulMajeed Shaaba Lafiagi Mohammed Ghali Alaaya Aso-ofi Grillo Ayedun Christian Association Of Nigeria Abikan Shoprite High Court Musibau Akanji Kwara Restoration Project Agor Market Ayegbeni Adebara Jare Olatundun Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs Matthew Babaoye Fulani Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan Abdulfatai Salman Baakini Sulyman Atolagbe Alege Shonga Farm Project Shururat Olatinwo Basit Olatunji Folaranmi Aro Yakubu Danladi Isiaka Yusuf Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone Bukola Saraki

