PCN Seals 700 Drug Stores in Kwara
Last update: June 22, 2026
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Buying medicine from that corner shop? You might want to think twice — the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria just shut down 724 outlets in Kwara for putting public health at risk.
So, here’s what went down in Kwara, according to cbinews.tv. The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) didn’t come to play. After a four-day sweep across 10 local government areas, they sealed up a whopping 724 pharmacies, patent medicine stores, and illegal drug outlets.
The PCN Registrar, Ibrahim Ahmed — represented by Dr Suleiman Chiroma — told reporters in Ilorin that the team covered Ilorin South, Ilorin East, Ilorin West, Asa, Offa, Ifelodun, Oyun, Moro, Irepodun and Edu. In total, they inspected 1,238 premises: 167 pharmacies, 957 patent and proprietary medicine vendor (PPMV) shops, and 114 outright illegal outlets.
The result? 68 pharmacies, 542 patent medicine stores, and 114 illegal outlets were locked up. That’s 724 in all. They also issued 11 compliance directives.
Some quick stats from the raid:
- 9% of the premises inspected were running illegally.
- 15.7% of all sealed facilities were illegal outlets — and 100% of those got shut down, as required by law.
- On the brighter side, 59.2% of licensed pharmacies were fully compliant, compared to 43% of patent medicine stores.
So, what were they doing wrong? Ahmed said the big issues were operating without a valid PCN licence, poor drug storage, handling controlled medicines without authorisation, training apprentices inside medicine shops, and even *cooking* in drug-selling premises. Yes, cooking.
“These practices endanger public health and pose risks to national security when controlled drugs are diverted to criminal networks,” Ahmed warned.
He did say compliance has improved in Kwara, but PCN isn’t letting up. The message to the public is clear: only buy medicines from places with a valid PCN licence displayed — you can’t miss it if it’s legit. Going to unregistered outlets could mean treatment failure, antimicrobial resistance, or worse.
Ahmed tied it all back to Universal Health Coverage, stressing that you can’t have UHC without safe, effective, quality-assured and affordable medicines. When untrained people dispense drugs stored in dodgy conditions, patients lose — sometimes with their lives.
Source: cbinews.tv
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