PCN Inducts 68 Foreign Trained Pharmacy Graduates

The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) on Thursday inducted 68 graduates of pharmacy from foreign institutions. Speaking during the ceremony in Abuja, Registrar of the council, Pharm. Ibrahim Babashehu, said the inductees had undergone the orientation programme as required by the PCN (Establishment) Act 2022, and have passed the examinations. He said the program was […]

The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) on Thursday inducted 68 graduates of pharmacy from foreign institutions.

Speaking during the ceremony in Abuja, Registrar of the council, Pharm. Ibrahim Babashehu, said the inductees had undergone the orientation programme as required by the PCN (Establishment) Act 2022, and have passed the examinations.

He said the program was organized primarily to ensure that the graduates were acquainted with the realities of practice in the tropics with emphasis on Nigeria.

He said that the rapid development of science and patient safety issues require pharmacists to maintain and update their competencies and skills at all times.

Your rhetoric encouraging ethnic violence,  Onoh tells Omokri

‘Nigeria destroys lives’, Kemi Badenoch fires fresh shot

He said implementing Mandatory Continuing Professional Development ( MCPD) program is considered to be of utmost importance by the PCN, adding that it is also considered one of the criteria for licensure.

The registrar also said the organization frowns at professional misconduct in its entirety.

“ As such any form of misconduct by any pharmacist is usually investigated by the PCN investigating panel and if the pharmacists have a case to answer , he or she is referred to the disciplinary tribunal which would put the pharmacist on fair trial before pronouncement of any sort; this could lead to removal of name from the register for a given period of time during which he or she is not entitled to practice,” he added.

The Chairman of the governing council of PCN, Hajiya Wosilat Giwa urged the inductees to maintain high ethical standards at all times irrespective of area of practice.

She said the Coordinating minister of health and social welfare Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate recently issued a directive for a memo to the federal executive council on the central placement of interns for various professionals in the health sector.

An inductee, Abdulmalik Haruna who studied at the international University of Bamenda, Cameroon, said the experience they ganered from training outside the country as well from the adaptation program will have a positive impact on the practice of pharmacy and Nigeria’s health sector.

Another inductee, German Omoruwa Bridget said the bridge programme helped her gain more knowledge on how to treat people in Nigeria.

She advised her colleagues to be innovative as they embark on the practice of pharmacy in the country.