Eniola Akinkuotu, AbujaThe Pharmacists Council of Nigeria said it sealed off 339 drug stores in Abuja between November 20 and November 23. The Registrar, PCN, Elijah Mohammed, said this at a press briefing in Abuja on Friday. He said 496 premises were visited by the PCN out of which 339 were operating without licences or not operating within a clean environment. Mohammed said, “At the end of the enforcement exercise, a total of 496 premises comprising pharmacies, patent medicine shops and illegal medicine shops were visited. A total of 339 premises made up of 20 pharmacies, 290 illegal medicine shops and 29 patent medicine stores were sealed off for various offences.

Source: Punch November 25, 2017 00:45 UTC