The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) says it seals 505 illegal or non-compliant drug outlets in Cross River State following a four-day enforcement operation. Multiple outlets report that the PCN carries out the exercise across 10 local government areas and inspects 602 premises in total. PCN officials brief journalists in Calabar, with one report quoting the council’s Director of Enforcement, Suleiman Chiroma, describing the findings as outcomes of the crackdown.
The reports state that nearly half of the outlets inspected do not operate within the council’s regulatory framework. While the outlets differ slightly in wording—some describe the targets as “illegal drug stores,” others as “illegal medicine outlets” or “illegal drug premises”—they consistently present the same figures and location. The PCN uses sealing as an enforcement measure for outlets found to be unauthorized or not meeting regulatory requirements. The council does not, in the shared excerpts, provide detailed breakdowns of specific violations beyond noting widespread non-compliance.
