*Ibrahim Ahmed, Registrar of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria, says 90 pharmacies and 268 patent medicine shops were shut out of a total of 584 premises visited during the exercise carried out between Monday and Thursday, June 23, 2022

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In a move to protect consumers against unwholesome and harmful products while enforcing regulatory standards among practitioners, the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has disclosed the Federal Government sealed off about 358 pharmacies and patent medicine shops within Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, in four days.

绿帽献妻 reports Pharmacist Ibrahim Babashehu Ahmed, Registrar of the Council, 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 of the week.

Ahmed, who spoke at a media briefing Friday, June 24, in Abuja, said: 鈥淎t the end of the current enforcement in the FCT, a total of 584 premises were visited.

鈥淭his 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.鈥�

Some of the premises, the PCN Registrar stated, dispensed ethical products without the supervision of a pharmacist, while some were in poor sanitary conditions.

He also said that five pharmacies and patent medicine shops were issued compliance directives in the process.