Pharmacists have taken Abuja Municipal Area Council to court over a levy they consider "illegal" and unnecessary "double taxation" on pharmacies.
They say officials of AMAC have been "harassing and intimidating" pharmacists running drug outlets in Abuja "for the collection of an illegal levy they call business permit levy," according to Uzoma Nwaigudu, chairman of Association of Community Pharmacists in Abuja.
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