The Lagos State Task force on Fake, Counterfeit and Unwholesome Processed Foods has sealed at least 29 illegal pharmacies and patent medicine stores across the state. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr Modele Osunkiyesi, who disclosed this, said the government was worried by the danger posed by the activities of illegal operators of patent medicine and pharmaceutical stores in Lagos.
Osunkiyesi added that 29 stores were sealed off for various offences contrary to the provisions of the law on the operations of pharmacies and patent medicine stores. According to the permanent secretary, the latest closure came on the heels of the government’s renewed mandate to the task force to comb every nook and cranny of the state for operators of illegal patent medicine and pharmaceutical stores.
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