TheLagos State Government has shut at least 24 pharmacies, patent medicine shopsand unlicensed premises across the state over illegal operation and operatingbeyond scope of practice. Thefacilities were sealed by the Lagos State Taskforce on Counterfeit, Fake Drugsand Unwholesome Processed Foods for offences. TheCommissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi who said this while reviewing the reportof the enforcement exercise carried out by Task Force, stated that the sealingof the affected pharmacies and patent medicine stores was in accordance withthe provisions of Section C34 of the Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and UnwholesomeProcessed Foods Provision Act of 1999. Heexplained that the enforcement which is part of the mandates of thePharmaceutical Inspectorate Unit, PIU of the Ministry of Health, was in linewith the state government drive to put a halt to the ugly trend of havingunqualified personnel deal with drugs. Abayomimaintained that the state government would continue to insist that theenvironment for the dispensation of medical care should be suitable for thepromotion and maintenance of good health for citizens.