Job opportunities and career prospects in different fields of pharmacy practice
This is to inform ABUTH staff and the general public that applications are invited from suitable and qualified candidate for the following Internship programme in ABU Teaching Hospital Zaria. Interested candidates should visit ABUTH website at www.apply.abuth.gov.ng Please note that the application is online at the cost of N6,200 and will be closed on Saturday … Read more
Marigold Hospital and Critical Care Centre (MHCCC), in Lagos State, is a tertiary hospital. They provide quality and affordable health services to patients. Since 2014, they started providing Surgical and Intensive Care Services from different facilities in Lagos State. Their emergency services includes Critical Care Medicine/ICU, Surgery, Health Assessment Clinic, Paediatrics, Nephrology And Dialysis, Medicine, … Read more
The Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Orientation Programme – FPGOP is a training exercise and examination conducted by the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria for pharmacists trained outside the shores of Nigeria to enable them to practice as pharmacists in Nigeria. The FPGOP programme is only for candidates who passed through a recognised foreign pharmacy school to test … Read more
Ghana currently runs a six-year Doctor of Pharmacy degree programme as the minimal requirement to practice as a pharmacist. This means all the universities in Ghana have moved on from Bachelor of Pharmacy degree to Pharm. D. Studying in Ghana is an enjoyable experience, since the country is relatively peaceful and has stable power. The … Read more
With so much competition for admission into indigenous federal, state and private universities, many Nigerians go to study in Pharmacy in Benin Republic and other African countries. This is because the admission process is relatively quick, and the duration of education is generally shorter. There is also a relatively stable power supply. The school calendar … Read more
The West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists (WAPCP) is a body responsible for harmonizing pharmacy education and practice across selected countries in West Africa. West African Pharmaceutical Federation (WAPF) was established by an ECOWAS protocol on 13th October 1976 in Monrovia, Liberia. Representatives of the National Pharmaceutical Societies from eight West African countries – Nigeria, … Read more
Pharmacy technicians help in the running of pharmacies by providing valuable assistance to the pharmacists. Pharmacy Technician in Nigeria has helped in the early days of pharmacy practice as there were fewer licensed pharmacists as compared to technicians. A pharmacy technician is a medical personnel who works together with a pharmacist assisting in compounding, dispensing … Read more
The Pharmacist Technician education is a three-year Programme in Nigeria. Candidates seeking admission into pharmacy technician schools in Nigeria must have passed their secondary education certificate examination. Accepted results are Senior Secondary Certificate, GCE, NABTEB, or West African Examination Council (WAEC) certificate with at least five credits in English, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, and Biology (maximum … Read more
The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria has finally released the October PEP exam results. This edition of the exam was written on 23rd October 2021. Nine centers across the six geopolitical zones of the country were used. The PEP exam is the Pre-registration examination for Pharmacists. The exams were started in 2018 by the PCN, for … Read more
The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria has tried to simplify its method of payment. They have introduced PCN Remita payment to ease the stress on pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and others who want to pay for various services on the PCN platform. Before now, you have to go to the physical office of the Pharmacists Council of … Read more