The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed about 358 pharmacies and patent medicine shops within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The Registrar of the PCN, Ibrahim Ahmed, disclosed this during a press conference held on Friday in Abuja.
Ahmed said 90 pharmacies and 268 patent medicine shops were sealed out of a total of 584 premises visited during the enforcement exercise from Monday to Thursday.
He said, “At the end of the current enforcement exercise in FCT, a total of 584 premises were visited. This comprises 185 pharmacies and 399 premises made up of 90 pharmacies and 268 patent medicine shops were sealed for various offenses, some of which include operating without registration with PCN, failure to renew premises license.”
According to the registrar, some of the premises were dispensing ethical products without the supervision of a pharmacist, and some were in poor sanitary conditions.
He added that five pharmacies and patent medicine shops were issued compliance directives.
“Four patent medicine vendors were arrested. Three of them were arrested for breaking PCN seals and one for displaying fake patent medicines vendor licence in his shop,” he said.
