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Why Pharmacists Council Shuts 236 Medicine Stores In Ekiti by Katowice: 1:39am On Jul 31, 2015 |
Why Pharmacists Council Shuts 236 Medicine Stores
in Ekiti
Pharmacists Council of Nigeria has raised the alarm
over increasing number of illegal drug dealers in Ekiti
State, revealing that a total of 236 pharmacies and
medicine shops were sealed off during an enforcement
raid.
According to the council, the raid conducted by the
officers of the drug regulatory body was not meant to
send people out of jobs or create unnecessary panic in
the system, but to ensure compliance to rules,
particularly on proper registration, to safeguard the
health of the Nigerian citizens.
Speaking with journalists in Ado Ekiti recently, the PCN
Deputy Director and Head of Enforcement, Mr. Stephen
Esumobi, said out of 240 premises visited, only four
were given clean bill, describing the development as
dangerous and inimical to the people’s wellbeing.
Esumobi revealed that they committed offences ranging
from unauthorized sale of medicines, operating without
the supervision of a pharmacist and poor storage and
documentation facilities.
He said the clarification over the allegation that the
body was becoming too coercive became imperative, in
view of the protest staged against the closure of some
medicine shops by Association of Drug dealers in Ado
Ekiti on a recent Thursday.
“It surprised me that people had to protest in that
manners and numbers. It shows that it was a
premeditated action. We are not out to make life
difficult for them, but to ensure compliance to simple
rules. As a regulatory body, we cannot allow the sale of
drugs that can kill innocent people.
“It is bad that Nigeria is a society where people don’t
do research or take statistics about happenings. We
have not asked about the cause of increasing kidney
failure in Nigeria. We learnt that some Pharmacists are
compromising with them and whoever caught will be
deregistered”, he said.
Esumobi urged the State Ministry of Health to continue
to engage drug dealers in constant seminars and
workshops, to prevent calamity from befalling
unsuspecting members of the public who may not be
able to differentiate the registered ones from the quacks
.
“Our office received reports of the activities of
unregistered premises , engaging in illegal sale of
medicines in Ekiti. Since many of them were not
recommended for the sale of medicines, the quality,
safety and efficacy of drugs sourced from them cannot
be guaranteed.
“Even some of the registered premises were selling
beyond their approved list. Some keep stocks in a
manner that violates laid down rules and regulations to
the detriment of the citizens. If the ugly trend is
allowed to continue, it will have negative impact on the
citizens. What we did was an attempt to reverse the
ugly situation”, he said.
He urged the people to purchase their drugs from
licensed pharmacies and patent medicine vendors , to
prevent their health from being jeopardized by the
actions of those he described as saboteurs.
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Re: Why Pharmacists Council Shuts 236 Medicine Stores In Ekiti by mannobi(m): 3:32am On Jul 31, 2015 |
That is what you get when you choose to have an adedibu trained Amala and Palm wine driver as the governor. Since the inception of Fayose, there has never been any good news from dear Ekiti. Hmmmm Like Jonathan like Fayose |
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