{"id":110984,"date":"2024-02-19T21:01:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T20:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nafdac-pcn-seal-off-1321-medicine-stores-in-kano"},"modified":"2024-02-19T23:32:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T22:32:41","slug":"nafdac-pcn-seal-off-1321-medicine-stores-in-kano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nafdac-pcn-seal-off-1321-medicine-stores-in-kano","title":{"rendered":"NAFDAC, PCN seal off 1,321 medicine stores in Kano"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC in collaboration with the Pharmacist Council of Nigeria, PCN have sealed off 1,321 medicine stores for operating illegally in Kano.<\/p>\n

Mr Francis Ononiwu, the Director Investigation and Enforcement NAFDAC, made this known while addressing newsmen on Monday in Kano.<\/p>\n

He said the joint operations took place on Saturday and Sunday February 17 and February 18.<\/p>\n

He said the stores were located in the Malam sealed Kato Square, Niger Street and Sabon Gari Market Kano.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe enforcement action was to ensure medical dealers relocate to Coordinated wholesale centre, CWC in Dangwauro, along Zaria Road Kano.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is in line with our regulatory function of enforcement and ensure that only quality drugs are in circulation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to sanitize drug distribution system in the country. If drugs are not kept in a cooling premises it degrade into poisonous substances,\u201d Ononiwu said.<\/p>\n

He noted that most of the medicine premises visited were operating in an unventilated environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome drugs need to be stored In a refrigerator especially life saving drugs for quality output.<\/p>\n

\u201cInvestigation revealed that some of these medicine outlets smuggle fake, narcotics products and banned products such as analgin injection illegally.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe use of narcotics drugs contributed to the security situation in the country.<\/p>\n

He called on the Medicine dealers to see their relocation as the survival of public health and as part of effort to continue to fight against substandard drugs.<\/p>\n

\u201cMedicine dealers relocation to CWC, the regulatory bodies could easily supervise any drugs coming in to address the issue of fake and substandard drugs,\u201d Ononiwu said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC in collaboration with the Pharmacist Council of Nigeria, PCN have sealed off 1,321 medicine stores for operating illegally in Kano. Mr Francis Ononiwu, the Director Investigation and Enforcement NAFDAC, made this known while addressing newsmen on Monday in Kano. 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