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THE academic progress of no fewer than 50 final year students of Kano School of Health Technology has been halted as a result of the cancellation of a final year course known as Pharmacy Technician, by the National Council of Pharmacists over an alleged violation.
The affected students who were said to have written their final examinations at the institution, were rattled with the news that the course – Pharmacy Technician, that they are currently studying, has been cancelled by the council.
It was gathered that the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria was said to have accredited the course for the institution as part of the agreement by both parties after the stipulated three years that they must return to supervise the course in order ascertain the institution’s compliance with the regulations of the council after which they will re-accredit the course for the university.
Registrar, PCN, Dr Elijah Mohammed PHOTO: Twitter The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has alerted Nigerians to the rise in unregistered medicine shops nationwide. The Council, at a press briefing in Enugu, after a week-long massive regulatory campaign, warned that the unregistered premises posed a serious threat to public health, could become channels for distributing of medicines whose quality, safety and efficacy have been compromised due to poor storage facilities and handling. Registrar, PCN, Dr Elijah Mohammed, said the Council sealed 391 premises in Enugu made up of 90 pharmacies and 301 patent medicine shops for operating without registration with Council, failure to renew premises license, dispensing ethical products without the supervision of a pharmacist, poor storage and sanitary conditions among others.
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