Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has achieved its effort to redress the coaching of pharmacy assist professionals, pharmaceutical technologists within the nation, by abolishing the certificates within the nation.
The PCN in collaboration with the Nationwide Board of Technical Training (NBTE) introduced an finish to the coaching of pharmaceutical technologists by polytechnics and different establishments in Nigeria, following a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the events in Abuja just lately.
PCN has over 20 years made efforts to cease the coaching of pharmaceutical technologists by Nigerian polytechnics and different establishments outdoors the management and supervision of faculties or schools of well being schooling, whose programmes and coaching aren’t duly regulated by the nationwide pharmaceutical administrative physique.
In accordance with the content material of the MoU, PCN and NBTE agreed to accredit and prepare certified candidates just for Nationwide Diploma in Pharmacy Technicians in authorized establishments within the nation.
By this growth, pharmaceutical know-how, a two-year programme provided by some polytechnics and different establishments not supervised or regulated by the PCN has been scrapped.
Previous to the signing of the MoU by the events beneath the chairmanship of the minister of state for schooling, Dr Tanko Sununu, the everlasting secretary, Federal Ministry of Training; pharmacy technicians bear a three-year programme accredited by PCN in recognised schools and faculties of well being schooling. And upon completion, candidates sit for the Nationwide Pre-Certification Examination (NPCE) examination and if profitable, are granted license by the PCN.
Whereas conversely, pharmaceutical know-how is a two-year programme provided by polytechnics and different establishments whose programs and coaching aren’t regulated by the PCN.
The registrar/CEO of PCN, Ibrahim Babashehu Ahmed, who described the event as a major milestone, stated, it signified ‘’a collaborative effort in the direction of resolving the problems pertaining the coaching of pharmaceutical technologists in polytechnics and different establishments in Nigeria.’’
Ahmed, on behalf of PCN and NBTE, recommended the Ministry of Training for facilitating the decision of the 22-year-old challenge.
In accordance with him, ‘’the feat is the hallmark of the Renewed Hope Agenda of the present administration of the nation being steered by the targeted management of the Federal Ministry of Well being and Training.’’
