Pharmacy Council Digitises Technician Certification Exam

The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has digitised its National Pre-Certification Examination (NPCE) for Pharmacy Technicians, insisting that the Pharmacy Technician cadre is the lone recognised sub-cadre wrong the pharmacy profession, arsenic outlined successful the Scheme of Service of the Federal Government.

The assembly said that the inaugural represents a milestone successful modernising its introspection processes, pursuing the palmy digitisation of the Pre-registration Examination for Pharmacists (PEP), which has been conducted electronically for much than 5 years.

The two-day qualifying examination, which began connected September 10, concluded connected Thursday, September 11, 2025, with trial centres dispersed crossed astir each states of the federation.

Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of PCN, Pharm. Ibrahim Ahmed, noted that candidates who walk the NPCE volition importantly fortify the nation’s healthcare system, successful enactment with the national government’s Renewed Hope Agenda which prioritises entree to healthcare and the improvement of a robust, skilled workforce successful the pharmaceutical sector.

He further reiterated that the Pharmacy Technician cadre remains the lone recognised sub-cadre successful the pharmacy assemblage arsenic outlined successful the Federal Government’s Scheme of Service.

He explained that this was precocious reaffirmed by the Federal Ministry of Education, which declared that the National Diploma (ND) successful Pharmacy Technician is the lone approved pathway, efficaciously ending caller admissions into Higher National Diploma (HND) Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Technology programmes crossed Nigeria.

PCN advised parents and prospective students to verify the accreditation presumption of institutions offering pharmaceutical-related programmes to guarantee their qualifications conscionable nationalist standards and supply a wide way to nonrecreational practice.