Ahmad Tijjani Abdul,
Kano
Kano State Government during the weekend, approved the training of 520 officials that would handle its Drug Revolving Fund (DRF) .
Maikudi Muhammad Marafa, Information officer
SPHCMB in a signed statement that was made available to VerityNews Sunday explained that the measure was intended to increase access to quality and affordable medicines in all the Primary Health Centres across the 44 local Government areas in the state.
The statement by Muhammad Marafa reads: “Kano State has approved for the training of 520 Health facility Drug Revolving Fund (DRF) operators in order to increase access to quality and affordable medicines in all the Primary Health Centres across the 44 local Government areas in the state.
This was disclosed by the Executive Secretary, State Primary Health care Management Board Dr. Tijjani Hussain while declaring a 4 day capacity building workshop organised by the Board for the health facility Drug Revolving Operators at the six LGA zonal offices of the Board.
The Executive Secretary represented by the Director, Pharmacutical Department of the Board, Pharmacist Abdul’aziz Hamisu maintained that, the training of the personnel will fill the existing gap for those who were not trained and to increase their capacity and job performance as well as to ensure that the teeming populance was protected from fake and substandard drugs and Medical Consumables.
He therefore urged the participants to make judicious use of what they have acquired during the workshop.
In his remark, the Zonal Director, Nasarawa Zone Alhaji Abubakar S. Abdul Commended the Board for its efforts in training and retraining of staff inorder to make them more productive.
He then assured for their continued support for the success of the workshop at all the Zonal offices of the Board.”