The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria has sealed 572 pharmacies and patent medicine stores across Plateau State for violating pharmaceutical regulations, including cooking inside drug outlets, illegal clinical practice, and unauthorized access to controlled medicines.
The Head of Department, Enforcement, Dr. Suleiman S. Chiroma, who spoke on behalf of the Registrar/CEO, Pharm. Ibrahim Babashehu Ahmed, disclosed this at a press conference in Jos on Friday at the end of the enforcement exercise, which lasted four days across the state.
Chiroma said the operation was in line with the Council’s mandate under the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (Establishment) Act No. 31 of 2022.
“The PCN is mandated to regulate and control pharmacy education, training, and practice in all its aspects and ramifications, including Pharmacy Technicians and Patent and Proprietary Medicines Vendors (PPMVs),” Dr. Chiroma stated.
He explained that the crackdown was part of efforts to enforce the National Drug Distribution Guidelines (NDDG),
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