Services Patent Medicine Vendors (Chemists) Should Not Render
Patent and proprietary medicine vendors (P.P.M.Vs) popularly known as chemists in Nigeria are the first shops majority of Nigeria's pay a visit to when they are not feeling too well. This is because majority I these shop owners have practice in the area for years and in one little way or the other built a reputation of treating any kind of illness thrown at them. This was possible because according to a research work publish in 2015, more than 200000 patent vendors are scattered across the length and breadth of the country. This is in sharp contrast with the less than 3000 community pharmacy outlet in Nigeria as at 2005. Majority of the community pharmacy are concentrated in the cities leaving the rural areas unattended to and creating an enabling environment for patents vendors to thrive. Chemist Patent and proprietary medicine vendors are suppose to be regulated by pharmacists Council of Nigeria (P.C.N). The licence covers some services they can render to their host communi...