26 illegal health-training institutions shut down in Kano
No fewer than 26 illegal private health training institutions (PHTIs) operating in Kano State have been shut down by the state government pending the outcome of necessary investigations.
The State Ministry of Health, in a statement issued on Friday, explained that these institutions were established without recourse to extant regulations governing the establishment and operation of such institutions.
The statement was signed by Hadiza Mustapha Namadi, Information Officer of the Ministry for the Commissioner of Heath.
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Some of the affected Institutions included Unity College of Health Science and Technology, Dorayi, Khali College of Health Science and Technology, Zaria Road, Shamila College of Health Science and Technology, Muslim College of Health Science and Technology and Ado Bayero College of Health Science and Technology, Dala Local Government Area among others.
The statement regretted that the unrecognised institutions lacked definite sites and offered dubious programmes against the established course- curricula while extorting exorbitant fees from students and their parents.
“Suffice to indicate that this ugly trend is at the detriment of the people, educational development and efficiency of the entire health institution,” the statement noted.
The statement enjoined members of the public to only patronise duly registered institutions and accredited courses, saying that subscription of unrecognised institutions was tantamount to self- subjection to security risk, doomed academic and career prospect as well as financial losses.
