By Muhammad Salisu
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 local government areas zonal offices of the Board.
In a statement signed by the Information Officer of the Board, Maikudi Muhammad Marafa said, the Executive Secretary represented by Director Pharmacutical Department of the Board Pharmacist Abdul'aziz Hamisu maintained that, the training of the personnel will filled the existing gap, increase capacity and job performance as well as to ensuring that the general public are adequately protected from fake and substandard drugs and Medical Consumables.
The statement 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 in order to make them more productive.
He assured that, the Board would continue to give every needed support in order to meet all the required manpower in the health sector.
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