Posted on: Fri 27-10-2023

Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has inducted 116 Pharmacy graduates of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) into the profession.

The induction, which took place at OAU campus in Ile-Ife, Osun State, was the major highlight of the activities marking the 60th anniversary of the university’s Faculty of Pharmacy.

Delivering his welcome address, the Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy, Prof. Francis Oladimeji, disclosed that the new pharmacists were the 2021 and 2022 graduating set of the faculty.

He said 31 of them were graduating with distinction, while the remaining 85 had pass, adding that they had been thoroughly baked to veer into any human endeavor for success and survival.

The Registrar, PCN, Ibrahim Ahmed, described the oath-taking and induction as one of the key requirements prescribed by the PCN Establishment Act, which has to be fulfilled prior to registration as a pharmacist.

He urged them to maintain high ethical standards and leadership skills as prescribed by the PCN and endeavour to be worthy professionals for the attainment of excellence in the provision of quality pharmaceutical services for sustainable healthcare delivery in the country.

“As pharmacists, you are expected to get yourself acquainted with the code of professional ethics, which prescribe your professional and moral responsibilities to the patients, to your pharmacist colleagues, other healthcare professionals, your employer, and the general public among others.

“Strict compliance with the code of ethics is indispensible for the practice of the pharmacy profession anywhere in the world,” he said.

Ahmed warned the inductees not to indulge in unwholesome practices, saying the Council frowns on professional misconduct in its entirety.

He noted that the PCN Act provided for the establishment of an investigative panel and disciplinary tribunal as mechanism for handling issues of professional misconduct.

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