The Edo State chapter of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has urged its members to strengthen the link between people and other stakeholders in the drug manufacturing and distribution value chain in order to reduce the production of counterfeit drugs and ensure the safety of the people they serve.Information Guide Nigeria
Razaq Bello-Osagie, a former member of the Edo State House of Representatives, delivered the charge at the Edo state chapter of the association’s debut edition of the valedictory Awards and Inauguration Ceremony in Benin.
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Bello-Osagie emphasized the importance of ACPN members’ strategic responsibilities and urged them to avoid partisanship in the assignment.
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According to him, “What you do as a community pharmacist is to dispense drugs, to advise on the use of drugs and such other ancillary issues under the law that set you up.
“You also have a duty to have a national conversation on where you go from here, the citizens’ chatter talked about working within the rules of engagement, how do you deliver service, what is expected from you, and how through various collaborations we can identify the criminals who threaten the existential imperatives of this association.NYSC portal
“In the entire value chain, there are criminals who manufacture drugs, they send to you which you dispense, so, you all have a duty to put on you thinking cap and have a helicopter view that these people wherever they are, they must be removed from the society so that Nigerians can have access to drugs that are efficient, the potencies are high and that when you administer them, they work for you within the rules of prescription”, Bello-Osagie further admonished the pharmacists.
Speaking at the event, the new chairman of the chapter, Dr Allen Iboi, said he was taking over the association on a solid foundation already built by his predecessor.
Iboi assured that he would and “consolidate on the gains of the past administration; we will also innovate and standardise the practices and operation of community pharmacists in Edo State, we promise to give our best”.JAMB Result
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