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The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed 430 medicine outlets across 10 Local Government Areas in Yobe State folowing a four-day enforcement exercise that uncovered widespread breaches of pharmaceutical regulations .
The sealed outlets include 300 unregistered or illegal medicine outlets, 20 pharmacies, and 110 patent medicine stores that were shut down for various regulatory breaches ,
The PCN's Head of Department, Enforcement, Suleiman Chiroma, revealed that 50% of the 601 premises inspected were operating illegally, posing a significant public health concern1. The enforcement exercise also exposed a low level of access to formal pharmaceutical services in the state, with only 34 pharmacies found among the 601 premises inspected .
Some of the violations recorded during the exercise include operation without valid PCN licenses, poor storage conditions, and unauthorized access to controlled medicines 3, The PCN has issued 21 compliance directives to operators found to have breached regulations but whose offenses did not warrant immediate closure.
To ensure compliance, medicine outlet operators are advised to obtain necessary licenses and adhere to regulatory standards
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