Drug Distribution System Will Be Sanitised Through CWC – PCN 

 

 

In regards to achieving an orderly drug distribution system in Nigeria, the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria, PCN, has described the establishment of the Coordinated Wholesale Centre, CWC, as a welcome development.

As he spoke during the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the CWC Atoba, Idemili South Local Government LGA of Anambra State, Pharmacist Ibrahim Babashehu Ahmed, the PCN Registrar, stated that the initiative is geared towards the closure and relocation of the Onitsha overhead drug market to the regulated centre.

During the ceremony that was performed by Professor Charles Soludo, the Anambra State Governor, Ahmed explained that the move would bring sanity to the drug distribution channel system in the country. He gave the argument that the concept of the CWC was aimed at improving access to quality, effective and safe medicines which will inadvertently eliminate the circulation of falsified and counterfeit medicines in the country.

“The concept of coordinated wholesale center(CWC) was approved by the Federal Government in 2015 with the goal to relocate the stakeholders in drug business that are operating in the open markets (across the country) which are unregulated and characterized with unwholesome activities to regulated centres as CWC.

 

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Anambra State along with three other States namely: Lagos, Abia and Kano were the first set of States granted approval for the establishment of CWC.

“The PCN granted the location approval of this site, Oba, to the Central Pharmaceutical and Allied Products (CPAPWL), the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for the stakeholders in the Bridge-Head market, Onitsha after the successful location approval inspection was conducted on October 20, 2016.

“The location approval was subsequently conveyed on November 04, 2016 to enable the SPV to commence development of the CWC in compliance with the approved design. Let me restate that we are grateful to Mr Governor for bringing this project to life after several years of unwarranted delay.

According to Pharmacist Ahmed, the other two states that had been among the first set of states that were granted approval for the CWC, had commenced construction activities as soon as they were granted location approval.