The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed a total of 358 pharmacies and patent medicine shops in Abuja.
This was disclosed by the Registrar of the council, Ibrahim Ahmed, in a press conference in Abuja on Friday.
He said 90 pharmacies and 268 patent medicine shops were sealed out of a total of 584 premises visited during the exercise carried out between Monday and Thursday.
Mr Ahmed said, “At the end of the current enforcement in the 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 offences, some of which include operating without registration with PCN, failure to renew premises licence.”
The registrar said some of the premises dispensed ethical products without the supervision of a pharmacist, while some were in poor sanitary conditions.
He said five pharmacies and patent medicine shops were issued compliance directives.
