The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) says it has sealed 405 premises in Cross River State, due to offences bothering on non-compliance with extant laws and illegal operations.
The Registrar, Pharm. Babashehu Ahmed, gave a breakdown of the sealed premises during the enforcement activities of the agency in the month of August to include, 200 illegal medicines stores, 174 patent medicine stores, 31 pharmacies, with five arrests.
Pharm. Ahmed, through the monthly update of the agency, also hinted on the inspection conducted on the hospital pharmacy of the Medbury Medical Services, located at the Shell area of Port Harcourt, in order to ensure that standards are maintained.
He disclosed that the enforcement team also visited the David Umahi Federal University Teaching Hospital, in response to the hospital’s application for internship accreditation, hospital pharmacy registration and licensure.
Additionally, he said a total of 296 fresh graduates were inducted into the Pharmacy profession in the month of August. The fresh graduates were from three institutions of Niger Delta University, 69; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Akwa, 159, and Enugu State University of Science and Technology, 6
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