Community pharmacy restate commitment to pharmacy bill

AS part of its resolve to obtain presidential assent to the Pharmacy Bill 2017, the  Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, ACPN, called out  community pharmacy practitioners in the country to withdraw services for two hours and shut down their pharmacies on Monday 6th May, 2019  from 12 pm to 2pm. Reiterating its call for Presidential Mohammadu Buhari to assent to the  Bill, the ACPN noted in a communique issued at the end of its National Excecutive Council (NEC) held in Kano, Kano State, that it was  unfortunate the Pharmacy Bill remained unsigned even as the  current administration  and the 8th National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria draw to an end. Pharmacy The statement signed by Pharm Adekola O. Samuel and Pharm. Abosede Idowu, National Chairman and  National Secretary of the ACPN respectively,  observed with dismay that “for a country like Nigeria, bedevilled with the twin evils of drug abuse of epidemic proportion and fake drugs, it is unfortunate that the most potent legal instrument that can help to curb this menace is seemingly being treated with levity.” They said after a careful evaluation, the NEC directed each State branch of the Association to commence advocacy through media interactions to further sensitise the Federal Government of Nigeria on the need to uphold good Pharmacy practice for the citizenry as it is obtainable globally.