Fake drugs from the stores worth millions of naira were seized.
Dr Olufemi Onanuga, the Special Adviser on Primary Health Care, disclosed this while reviewing the report of the recent raids by the Taskforce on Fake, Counterfeit and Unwholesome Processed Foods.
Dr Olufemi said the affected outlets were sealed for violating the provisions of the law.
He said the pharmacies and patent medicine stores were sealed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter C34 of the Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act.
He said that the closure is part of government’s renewed efforts aimed at ridding the state of fake, substandard and illegal drugs and outlets through streamlining of drug distribution system in the state.
“The raid was necessary as the rate of violation of government’s stipulated regulations on drug production, importation, manufacturing, sales, hawking, distribution, adulteration and possession of drugs by illegal operators.
“The affected pharmacies and patent medicine stores were sealed off for offences ranging from sales of drugs without license and failure to relocate from market areas,” he said.
The raids were carried out in conjunction with the officials of National Agency for Food, Drug and Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and representatives of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN).
Others are the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Health and the Police Rapid Response Squad.
Be careful and observant of which store u get medicine,
so many fake pharmacies, chemist as well as drugs out there.
Source: vanguard
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