In line with the upgraded National Health Insurance Authority, NHIA, the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, ACPN, has released updated guidelines and laws governing the practice of pharmacy in the country.
In a letter addressed to the Director-General of the National Health Insurance Authority, NHIA, Prof. M.N. Sambo, and jointly signed by the National Chairman of the ACPN, Adewale Oladigbolu and the National Secretary; Pharm. Ezeh Ambrose, the association said it was necessary to update the NHIA about some paradigm shifts in the practice of pharmacy and most especially as it affects the operations of the NHIA which expectedly regulates and controls health insurance at the federal, state and private levels in Nigeria.
According to the letter, the guidelines would serve as a template for all pharmacists in the country to work with.
The ACPN further noted that it desires new tenets in the management of its relationship with the NHIA.
The association, however, solicits the maximum collaboration and support of the NHIA to note with a sense of responsibility that the spirit of the PCN Act 2022 both forbids and prohibits the dispensing of drugs by persons who are not registered and duly licensed pharmacists in Nigeria.
