{"id":82977,"date":"2026-02-24T06:02:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T06:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=82977"},"modified":"2026-02-24T06:02:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T06:02:55","slug":"residents-query-pcn-over-pharmacy-at-abuja-nnpc-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/02\/24\/residents-query-pcn-over-pharmacy-at-abuja-nnpc-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents Query PCN Over Pharmacy at Abuja NNPC Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Residents of Life Camp, Abuja, are raising safety alarms over the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria\u2019s (PCN), approval of an H-Medix outlet situated within an NNPC Limited filling station.<\/p>\n<p>Locals argue that selling medication in close proximity to fuel pumps exposes pharmaceutical products to toxic fumes and fire hazards.<\/p>\n<p>Resident Cyril Chizoba warned of &#8220;serious health risks,&#8221; including chemical contamination, while medical expert Dr. Gaius Mikinta noted that volatile environments can compromise the efficacy of temperature-sensitive drugs.<\/p>\n<p>In response, PCN Legal Head Abana Lawan confirmed the outlet is duly licensed.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that approval was granted after a &#8220;demarcation&#8221; within the premises met regulatory standards, adding that the move helps prevent monopolies and expands service access.<\/p>\n<p>However, PCN Registrar Pharm. Ibrahim Babashehu Ahmed declined to comment further during a recent press visit.<\/p>\n<p>Despite official assurances, the community is calling for an independent inspection. &#8220;I was surprised regulators approved this,&#8221; said Solomon Dauda, a local driver, noting the daily dispensing of petrol and gas at the site.<\/p>\n<p>Residents continue to demand greater transparency to ensure pharmaceutical standards aren&#8217;t being traded for convenience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu Residents of Life Camp, Abuja, are raising safety alarms over the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria\u2019s (PCN), approval of an H-Medix outlet situated within an NNPC Limited filling station. Locals argue that selling medication in close proximity to fuel pumps exposes pharmaceutical products to toxic fumes and fire hazards. Resident Cyril Chizoba warned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":82978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,184,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-health","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82977"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82979,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82977\/revisions\/82979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}