Lagos State pharmacists, through the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), warn that the state’s drug regulatory system is weakening due to staffing gaps and the prolonged absence of a fully constituted Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) Governing Council. They say shortages of pharmacists in key regulatory roles could reduce oversight and affect medicine safety.
Both outlets report that the PSN Lagos State branch is urging action by seeking the timely constitution or inauguration of the PCN Governing Council. Vanguard frames the situation as a manpower crisis that puts drug regulation “under threat,” emphasizing the impact of insufficient personnel in regulatory offices. Daily Post Nigeria similarly highlights regulatory gaps, focusing on how inadequate staffing and delayed council leadership could undermine professional standards and compliance in pharmaceutical practice.
While the outlets differ slightly in emphasis—one foregrounds a manpower shortage and the other broadens the concern to regulation gaps—their accounts align that the PSN is calling for stronger regulation through improved staffing and completion of PCN governance processes.
