PSN, Edo agency clash over pharmacy raids

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has clashed with the Edo State Consumer Protection Committee over alleged unlawful entry into pharmaceutical premises, intimidation of practitioners and arbitrary seizure of medicines, among other issues.

Addressing journalists in Benin City on Thursday on behalf of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, an arm of the PSN, the association’s president, Chris Oisakede, said the CPC chairman, Osaro Iyamu, was not known to the association as a registered pharmacist or a suitably qualified pharmaceutical analyst or chemist.

Oisakede, who was flanked by other ACPN executives in the state, challenged the CPC chairman to disclose his relevant qualifications, professional registrations, statutory appointments, written authorisations and technical protocols.

He said, “For the avoidance of doubt, the Edo State CPC has no jurisdiction or authority, whether directly or indirectly, to enter, inspect, supervise or regulate the practice of pharmacy in Nigeria in any manner whatsoever.