The Lagos State Government has shut down 27 unregistered pharmacies and patent medicine shops in Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria in an effort to rid the State of fake drugs and illegal drug shops.
Special Adviser to the Governor on Primary Health Care, Dr. Olufemi Onanuga disclosed this in his office at the Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja shortly after the operation by the State Taskforce on Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods whose members include; representatives of National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Pharmacists’ Council of Nigeria (PCN), Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Federal Taskforce on fake drugs and Officers of the State Rapid Respond Squad (RRS).
Onanuga who said on Monday that the operation was the first outing this year, confirmed that 27 out of the 31 outlets visited in Ojo-Igbede,…
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