PCN trains Taraba medicine vendors on legal operations
From Godwin Agia, Jalingo
The Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria (PCN), Wednesday, organized an Orientation and Continuing Education Programme for patent medicine and proprietary vendors in Taraba state
Pharm. A. E. Gwa., Deputy Director, North-East Zonal Office of the Council explained that the training was to ensure pharmaceutical vendors in Taraba obtain legal right for operating a medicine shop.
He said the idea was to boost the standard of PCN operation and ensure all operators of medicine shops are legally licensed to guarantee the health of the masses.
“The PCN has decided not to penalize illegal operators of medicine stores but rather train and license them to operate legally.
“We feel that the two years jail term or N500,000 fine was not necessary than training vendors who are operating illegally.
“This move is to also boost our standard of operation and guarantee the health of the citizens”. Gwa explained.
Pharm. Yakubu Akau, Director of pharmaceutical service, Taraba state ministry of health, noted at the orientation program that the training became necessary to ensure that all patent and proprietors of medicine stores were linces for effective operation of PCN.
The representative of the (NDLEA), who is the state assistant commandant, Aliyu Obadiah Umar, commended PCN for the initiative.
Obadiah told the trainees that the continue education exercise was beyond the business approach that was to be acquire but the advice on how drugs can be appropriately use for the safety of the citizens.
He advised participants to take the training serious as it was for life saving purposes.
