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● National Editor-in-Chief- Association of Lady Pharmacists of Nigeria ,2022 to Date ➢ Produced about the best newsletter with Chief Gabriel Igbenedion as Cover person ● Member- Presidential Award Committee of the PSN, National,2022 to 2024 ➢ Worked assiduously and chose notable individuals ,one of which powered the Pharmacy House in Lagos with Inverters ● Member- Board of Fellows Advocacy & Resource Mobilisation Committee,2023-2024 ➢ Produced a position paper to engender relevance and performance in the BOF Chairman- Conference planning Committee (CPC) ‘ Ajumose Eko’, 2022 ( 41st ACPN National Conference in Lagos) ➢ Hosted a National conference adjudged to be the best so far and set a standard for future conferences ➢ Racked in over 170 Million Naira ➢ Proceeds of the Conference got a brand new automated hummer Bus for the National Secretariat,the first ever Chairman-Drug and Substance Abuse Reduction Committee(DSARC),PSN-River State ➢ Did aggressive campaigns against substance abuse in so many Higher institutions of learning in Rivers State ➢ The Drug abuse Campaigns put Pharmacy squarely on the map and hearts of Rivers State ➢ Beneficiary Institutions include;RISU,UNIPORT,IAUE ➢ Caught Government attention to Pharmacy ➢ Went to the UNODC Country office in Abuja to advocate a drug Abuse Agency for the State ➢ The UNODC visit culminated in the DPTC training/certification of over thirty(30) Pharmacists in the State(sponsored by the State Government) ➢ Elevation of Premises of CPs trained, as drop-off Centres ➢ Colloborated with the NDLEA to form Drug-free Clubs in Higher Institutions,through the NDLEA-WADA Programme ➢ Worked with PANS-ADMAP to support their drug-free School Campaigns Chairman ,LOC GARDEN CITY 2021 ( 94th PSN National Conference in Port Harcourt) ➢ Raised over 9 Million Naira to Host the Welcome Cocktail and the Gala Nite ➢ Worked smoothly with the CPC and the National Secretariat to ensure cost-saving measures , thereby ensuring a net profit of 45. 8 Million Naira against all odds Chairman -Association of Community Pharmacist s of Nigeria,Rivers State- 2019 to 2022 ➢ Re-established State Conferences(AGM) to institute accountability ➢ Organised an EXCO retreat sponsored by New Heights Pharmaceuticals ,to build Capacity,since you cannot give what you do not have ➢ Grew the attendance list to meetings from 130 to over 350 as at the time of hand-over ➢ Prepared and distributed a detailed and exhaustive financial report to 268 CPs at the last general meeting before the AGM for scrutiny( 2 Months before the AGM) ➢ Presented an audited Financial report at the AGM ➢ Built and launched a robust website ➢ Bought and distributed Surveyor’s digital tapes to all Zones for easy access to CPs.This drastically reduced the issues of paying rent for unregistrable shop spaces. ➢ Launched the 50cl Aquapharma,as an alternative source of income for ACPN,Rivers State. First ever from any ACPN State Chapter ➢ Issued letters of introduction to Zonal Cordinators to Fidelity Bank , to aid accountability ➢ Convinced and invited Shelf-life to Port Harcourt ➢ Did a lot of State level advocacy for Pharmacies to be vaccination centres for COVID-19 ➢ Retrieved and repaired the ACPN Bus that was abandoned by the PIC ➢ Sought and got sponsorships for Conferences ➢ Sought and got Sponsorship for trainings for EXCO Members,to build capacity ➢ Partnered with many Pharmaceutical Companies and financial Institutions like Fidelity Bank, First Bank,UBA,Polaris, etc, to elevate Practice of CPs ➢ Seriously supported the PSN in all her activities,including encouraging the Zones to support the launching of the PRC,by paying 80,000.00 per Zone ➢ Acquired a high grade Toyota Sienna for the ACPN ➢ Was able to hand over Seven (7) Million Naira to the next executive ➢ Acquired Laptops and Printers to upgrade the secretariat ➢ Introduced digital recording of members ➢ Ensured that our meetings were educative,impactful and enriching ➢ Inculcated trainings like the Fire-fighting techniques in our meetings ➢ Partnered with UPTH to make Sanitizers for members during the Covid-19 Pandemic ➢ Partnered with the YPG leadership to make “Pharmagel” sanitizers during the Covid-19 Pandemic ➢ Keyed into the National Sanitizer project for members ➢ Instituted so many online trainings for CPs during the Pandemic ➢ Emphasized capacity building in CPs throughout our tenure ➢ Instituted an SOP for Zones ➢ Instituted a standard Welfare package ➢ Returned the National Secretariat of ACPN to Rivers State after 21 years,by working assiduously to see that Pharm.Wale Oladigbolu FPSN ,won the election as ACPN National Chairman ➢ Established good working relationships with FCCPC,NAFDAC & NDLEA;ensuring that members were not harrassed by these regulatory agencies of Government ➢ Ensured that the cost of the destruction of expired drugs was not borne by CPs ➢ Instituted the first meeting ever of the PIC & Wholesalers and their Pharmacists Directors ➢ Did multiple PIC inspections ➢ Personally delivered the list of illegal Premises collated by Zonal Cordinators , to the Registrar of PCN,Pharm. N.A.E Mohammed in Abuja. He promptly dispatched the National taskforce to Rivers State to sanitize the Practice space ➢ Institutionalized the WHO Days in Zones ➢ Partnered with Shelf-life,Institute of Human Virology of Nigeria(IHVN), Clinton Health Access Initiative(CHAI), Wellahealth, MPharma, Pharmacy Business Review (PBR), John Hopkins International Education in Gynaecology and Obstetrics (JHPIEGO) and Rivers State Ministry of Health and Primary Health care Board ➢ Organized and executed the Screening and Vaccination of CPs against Hepatitis B ,in colloboration with Phillips Pharmaceuticals ➢ Organised and executed the Cervical screening for Lady community Pharmacists in colloboration with CHAI ➢ Worked with Society for Family Health ,which partnered with PCN to Map the State ➢ Initiated the move to make Shelf-life an Internship Centre. It was approved by the PCN ➢ Won prizes for State dynamics ➢ Rivers State was represented at all NEC meetings and conferences ➢ Demystified the office of the State Chairman by making it accesible but responsible ➢ National Secretary ,Association of Lady Pharmacists of Nigeria ,2018 to 2022 ➢ Digitalized the Secretariat ➢ Kept good records ➢ Archived records for ease of retrieval and hand-over ➢ Was able to do Zoom hostings of meetings during the Pandemic ➢ Wrote impeccable minutes ➢ Organized the National Secretariat of ALPs, as a life wire of the association ● Vice- Chairman-Drug and substance abuse reduction committee of the PSN-Rivers State,since 2017 to 2022 ➢ Was readily available and very supportive with brilliant ideas and executions ➢ Anchored the first ever round table for Stakeholders on drug and substance abuse ➢ Spoke audibly in Campaigns against drug and substance abuse ➢ Represented PSN ,as a Keynote Speaker at the NDLEA zonal office under the Chairmanship of Chief Festus Keyamo( event was organized by NDLEA & SEA DOGS) ● Member-Pharmacists Practice Research Group of PSN, Rivers state, 2017 to 2022 ➢ Attended all meetings of the Committee ➢ Was part of the research to check the levels of heavy metals in the blood of Pharmacists in Rivers State ● Member- Head Programme Sub-Committee,ALPs CPC 2022 (EKO 2022) ➢ Put together sound Themes and Sub-themes and recommended great Speakers ➢ Worked assiduosly with the CPC Chairman and other members to achieve a great Biennial Conference ● Vice-Chairman- ACPN Rivers state, 2016 to 2019 ➢ Effectively and efficiently assisted the Chairman in the administration ➢ Represented ACPN as a Keynote address Speaker on World Veterinary Day .Spoke eloquently on the topic;Antimicrobial Stewardship ➢ Acted as the Temperance in the administration ● Member-CPC ,ACPN National conferences , 2014-2017 ➢ Represented Rivers Stateeffectively ➢ Was an active CPC Member ➢ Was the Master of Ceremony for the Opening Ceremonies for all the Conferences ● Publicity secretary - ACPN, Rivers state 2012-2015 ➢ Was the link between ACPN ,Rivers State and Zebrudaya,a renowned Actor,Comedian,etc on the Billboard Project on the Neon sign ➢ When the National body of ACPN adopted the project,I co- anchored the opening Ceremony of the Conference with Zebrudaya ➢ Head Aquapharma project Committee. The job description involved getting a bottling arrangement for the water ,which I effortlessly achieved with Solid Run group ➢ The above arrangement yielded bountiful fruits ranging from the 1litre to the commercial 50cl and eventually 75cl ➢ Was prominiently featured on Radio and Television as regards th matters ➢ The first and only Pharmacist in Rivers State to be Featured on AM Express(NTA International) ,to talk about drugs,medications and health matters ● Assistant Secretary -Association of Lady Pharmacists,Rivers State 2009-2013 ➢ I was a dependable assistant ,especially when the Secretary was bereaved ➢ Was a focal person in all ALPs public enlightenment Campaigns ● Zonal coordinator- NTA/Mgbuoba zone ACPN Rivers state 2012 to 2019(the largest zone in the State) ➢ Won the First Prize for the first ever Zonal dynamics in Rivers State ➢ Increased meeting attendance ➢ Organized clinical meetings at zonal meetings ➢ Tried sanitizing the zone as much as was possible ➢ Effectively marked all WHO Days assigned to the zone with impactful public health programmes in Markets,Motor parks ,etc ● Member-LOC, World malaria day for the South-South States, hosted by Rivers state government,2012 ➢ Was part of the 2-Man committee (made up of Pharm(Ms) Elizabeth Odili FPSN and I) that travelled to Lagos to raise funds and Sponsorship for the Programme ● Head-Education and public enlightenment committee for ACPN Rivers state 2010-2012 ➢ Organized a 13-week phone-in programme on Radio(Treasure FM) with topics ranging from who a Pharmacist is to Hypertension,Diabetes ,etc ➢ Was part of every WHO Day celebration in any part of the State ● Member-7th Biennial conference /South-South Herbal Fair/Workshop,2005 ➢ Served in the registration Sub Committee
