Pharmacy council shuts 383 drug premises over regulatory violations in Ogun

The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has unopen down 383 pharmaceutical premises crossed Ogun State implicit assorted regulatory violations, including operating without valid licences, mediocre retention of medicines and moving amerciable cause outlets.

The enforcement exercise, carried retired crossed 11 section authorities areas, was portion of the council’s efforts to sanitise Nigeria’s cause organisation strategy and guarantee that medicines are sold lone done licensed outlets.

Speaking astatine a property league successful Abeokuta connected Friday, the Head of the PCN Enforcement Department, Dr. Suleiman Chiroma, said inspectors visited 738 pharmaceutical premises, made up of 277 pharmacies, 288 Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendor (PPMV) stores, and 173 amerciable oregon unregistered outlets.

“A full of 383 premises were sealed during the exercise, including 123 pharmacies, 87 Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendor stores, and each 173 amerciable outlets, portion 3 operators were issued compliance directives for insignificant regulatory breaches,” Chiroma said.

According to Chiroma, the workout was conducted connected the directive of the Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Council, Pharm. Ibrahim Babashehu Ahmed, successful enactment with the...