May 22, 2026
…as nationwide crackdown exposes widespread illegal drug trade
By Adeola Badru
A major enforcement operation by the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria has uncovered extensive breaches in Nigeria’s pharmaceutical supply chain, with 397 premises sealed in Oyo State alone over illegal medicine handling, non-registration, and public health violations.
Addressing journalists at the Council’s zonal office in Ibadan, the Head of Department of Enforcement of the Council, Dr. Suleiman Chiroma, said the exercise was conducted under the National Drug Distribution Guidelines (NDDG), which required that, “all medicines be distributed only through approved channels, from the point of manufacture or importation down to the end user.”
