A total of 26 private colleges of health technology have been shut down in Kano for operating “illegally.”
This was disclosed by the Kano State Ministry of Health in a statement signed by the ministry’s spokesperson, Hadiza Namadi, on Friday.
She said the proliferation of the schools is detrimental to public health, educational development and efficiency of the entire health system.
The statement reads in part, “The Ministry has noticed with serious concern, the incessant proliferation of illegal Private Health Training Institutions (PHTIs) in the State without recourse to extant regulations governing the establishment and operation of such schools as specified by regulatory bodies and other relevant authorities.
“It is of serious dismay to realize that some of those un-recognized institutions lack definite sites and offer dubious programmes against the established course curricula, while also extorting exorbitant fees on students and their parents.
“Consequently, the general public are hereby informed of the instant shut-down of all illegal Health Training Institutions (HTIs) in the State, pending the outcome of necessary investigations.”
Below are the affected schools:
