“When we go on routine monitoring and inspection, and we discover that a facility is existing illegally, it is outright shut down and be sealed. Then those that are not existing illegally which are licensed by the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria for the purpose of providing pharmaceutical service to the community, but are falling short of the standard they are expected to operate, those facilities will be given what we called “compliance directive” within a specific time frame for them to meet up.
He also appealed to the Kogi State Government to collaborate with PSN and PCN to ensure that their activities can be carried out more effectively and efficiently by providing security, means of transport and other logistic needs for their operations. While admonishing indigenes of the state to always consult Pharmacists on drug matters, Omuya posited that pharmacists strengthen the health system through optimization of medication use and also reducing medication related burden thereby strengthening the health system of the nation”