The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has raised the alarm over alleged abuse of drug regulatory laws in the country with the tacit endorsement by some government officials.
PSN President, Pharm. Ayuba Ibrahim Tanko, who decried the unwholesome practice by government officials who unlawfully register pharmacy facilities as “Pharmaceutical Chemists”, declaring it as an “obvious violation of the PCN Act 2022 as amended and the Fake Drug Act.”
“Section 2.2 of the Fake Drug Act is very unambiguous that the appropriate licensing authority is the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria,” he said.
He cited Cross River and Akwa Ibom as states with alleged high record of abuse of drug regulatory laws, where “miscreants have assumed regulatory powers with tacit endorsement of some state government officials register pharmacy facilities as Pharmaceutical Chemists,” in violation of the PCN Act 2022 as amended and the Fake Drug Act.
“The situation in Cross River and Akwa Ibom states stinks to the high heavens because in recent years an obsessed group of miscreants have assumed regulatory powers with tacit endorsement of some State Government officials in both states to register pharmacy facilities,’’ he alleged.
