Lagos Seals 31 Medicine Stores, Arrests Eight Operators – Daily Independent
July 20, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi
Lagos State Government has sealed up 31 illegal patent medicine shops and arrested eight illegal operators in Mushin Local Government area of the state.
State Commissioner for Health, Jide Idris, who disclosed this on Sunday, explained that the 31 shops were sealed off for various offences that are contrary to the provisions of the law on the operation of pharmacies and patent medicine stores in Lagos State.
Idris noted that the latest closure was coming on the heels of the government’s renewed mandate to the state State Task Force on Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods to comb all nooks and crannies of the state for illegal patent medicine and pharmaceutical stores’ operators.
