Police vow to clamp down on Kano pharmaceutical merchants rejecting relocation

Because the deadline issued by the Kano State Authorities for pharmaceutical merchants to relocate to a brand new web site elapsed on Friday, the police within the state mentioned they’ll guarantee compliance and punish any dealer(s) discovered defaulting on the order.

The state authorities issued an ultimatum to all pharmaceutical merchants in Sabon Gari market in Fagge Native Authorities Space to relocate to the newly constructed market – Kano Financial Metropolis, positioned at ‘Dangwauro’, on the outskirt of town.

The chief of the brand new market, Husseini Zakari, mentioned the market was commissioned for medicine enterprise in February however some teams of pharmaceutical merchants are sabotaging the plan of the federal government to maneuver merchants to the location for doubtful causes.

“We’re interesting to the merchants to relocate to the brand new web site for the nice of residents of Kano. Within the new market, there are mechanisms in place put by authorities to checkmate counterfeit medicine and abuses to make sure sanity within the pharmaceutical enterprise within the state,” Mr Zakari mentioned.

The police commissioner within the state, Muhammed Gumel, following a go to to the brand new market on Thursday, mentioned the command will synergize with all stakeholders to make sure that the merchants relocate to the brand new market, the command’s spokesperson, Abdullahi Kiyawa, mentioned in an announcement.

He mentioned safety companies within the state will collectively struggle all types of unlawful dealings of medicine and substances to a standstill throughout the state.

“The Kano State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Gumel, was carried out around the newly constructed Kano Financial Metropolis Market and interacted with members of Kanawa Pharmaceutical Companions (KPP), a mission facilitated by Federal Ministry of Well being by way of Pharmacy Council of Nigeria underneath the management of Usaini Zakari.

“Mr Zakari welcomed the commissioner to the Kano Financial Metropolis Market and took him across the Coordinated Complete Sale Centre within the Markets.

“The coordinated wholesale centre will assist in checkmating the motion and promoting of illicit, faux and substandard medicine in Kano State.”

“Kano Pharmaceutical Companions have put all equipment in place to make sure the sleek take-off of the market, including that, Police as main gamers in inside safety have a task to play in guaranteeing clean operations and bettering companies within the state,” Mr Zakari instructed the police commissioner in the course of the go to as quoted within the police assertion.

The police mentioned they’ll guarantee ample help for the take-off of the brand new market.

“We should commend the federal authorities for bringing this large mission to Kano State. One of many disturbing points within the state is the problem of drug abuse by youths to which many of the main crimes being dedicated within the state are because of dealings with illicit medicine and substances.

“We gives you 100 per cent help in our efforts in direction of sanitising the state. On our half, the police command has launched into intelligence gathering and already crime-mapping the state and dealing on how finest to curtail the sale and use of illicit medicine by open market merchants together with the consumption by the youths of the state.

“The commissioner reiterated that the police command will proceed to collaborate with related stakeholders, particularly Nationwide Drug Regulation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) and the Nationwide Company for Meals and Drug Administration and Management (NAFDAC) to hitch to struggle drug and substance abuse to a standstill,” the police mentioned.