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As a licensed, clinically trained pharmacist practicing in Nigeria, I need to correct your post directly because it spreads misinformation that can harm public understanding. Calling pharmacist-led consultations “quackery” is simply wrong. Quackery refers to untrained and unlicensed practice. Pharmacists are regulated by the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria under the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria Act 2022. We undergo years of structured training, complete internships, and maintain continuous professional development. That is not quackery, it is regulated healthcare practice. You also claim pharmacists don’t assess patients properly. That’s inaccurate. Clinically trained pharmacists are taught structured patient assessment, including symptom history, red-flag identification, and evidence-based decision-making for minor ailments. Not every condition requires lab tests or hospital-level examination. Suggesting otherwise shows a misunderstanding of basic primary care principles. On prescribing, your position is outdated. Pharmacists already manage medications, counsel patients, and guide therapy daily. Expanding prescribing for minor ailments is not a radical idea, it is already standard in countries like the United Kingdom and Canada, where it improves access, reduces healthcare burden, and maintains safety. Nigeria is moving in the same direction through evolving national policies. It is also important to address your subtle dismissal of professional titles. A Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D) is a doctoral degree. Those who have earned it are fully entitled to be addressed as “Doctor” in professional contexts. This is not an assumption or imitation of another profession, it is recognition of an academic and clinical qualification that has been rigorously obtained. What your argument ignores is reality. Nigeria has a severe healthcare workforce shortage. Community pharmacies are often the first and most accessible point of care. When patients walk into a pharmacy for malaria, allergies, or minor infections, they are not bypassing care, they are accessing it. Yes, there are bad actors, but that exists in every profession. You don’t define a profession by its worst examples. The real problem in Nigeria is weak enforcement against unqualified providers, not licensed pharmacists practicing within their competence. Framing pharmacists as “impersonating doctors” doesn’t protect patients, it limits access to care and fuels unnecessary professional conflict. Modern healthcare is built on collaboration, not territorial thinking. Pharmacists are not the problem. We are part of the solution, especially in a system where patients need timely, accessible, and evidence-based care. If the goal is better healthcare, then the focus should be on stronger policies, better collaboration, and proper regulation, not misinformation.

You’ve practically just answered the question yourself. You, I, and the women speaking out, very well know that not all men are rapists or bad, it goes without saying. I am not, you are not, so why are we so determined to use moments when they are expressing anger, fear, and real patterns they’ve experienced from men to exempt ourselves as if we don’t understand what they mean? If you and I are not guilty, our government names were not called, why do we feel attacked in that very moment? Why are we more concerned about exceptions the moment a norm is being rightly called out? Do we want an award for being exceptions? What does it matter to the victims, in that very moment, that you and I are exceptions when no one mentioned our names? Of what use is highlighting our “good guyness”? Is that the real issue? How is it helpful to the issue when, instead of leading with empathy and understanding, acknowledging and holding our fellows accountable, our first and loudest response is being dismissive, derailing the convo, centering and reassuring ourselves instead of the affected people? We understand what we mean when we say the Nigerian police are bad or share our horrible experiences, we know not all officers are bad. Yet in that moment, we understand that it would be dismissive and insensitive when someone, especially a police officer responds with “not all police” or claim we are exaggerating. Imagine this happening during the heat of Endsars. We understand the concept of rhetorical expressions used to highlight patterns and communicate urgency. We understand the concept of using language for social critique and pointing out systemic issues. We understand that the point is to draw attention to recurring problems or patterns, we understand all these in other issues but choose not to apply that same understanding here, why? Why is it so important to us that “some” must always be inserted when a pandemic is being highlighted? Ozoro did not happen out of nowhere, it happened because an ill has been so normalized for too long unchecked, one that persists when patterns are downplayed or dismissed and young men have been socialized to find nothing wrong with it. We must do better.

I swear to God No African President can beat this 👇❤️🇳🇬