Pharmacists raise alarm as 9,850 professionals leave Nigeria in 5 years
Ezeh said records at the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, National Secretariat showed that about 9,000 pharmacists exited Nigeria in the four and a half years preceding December 2026, while over 850 more obtained letters of good standing from the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria, PCN, in the first six months of 2026 alone.
He identified three priority areas: amendment of the Fake Drug Act, establishment of a federal Drug Management Agency or Drug Revolving Fund agency, and creation of a National Postgraduate College of Pharmacy.” He attributed the development to poor remuneration, weak workforce development plans and the failure to fully enforce the National Drug Distribution Guidelines introduced in 2015.
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