Kano Govt Impounds Suspected Fake Anti malarial Drugs
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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kano State Ministry of Health’s Task Force Committee on Fake Drugs, has seized suspected fake anti malaria drugs worth over N2 million.
This was disclosed by the Information Officer of the Ministry, Mrs Hadiza Namadi, in Kano stating that the drugs were impounded from the Malam Kato Motor Park.
Dr Aminu Tsanyawa, Commissioner for Health, who received the drugs from the committee chairman, Dr Ghali Sule, condemned the attitude of unscrupulous persons engaged in such acts.
He said such persons were out to sabotage the efforts of government and other stakeholders in the fight against malaria scourge in the country.
The Commissioner reiterated government’s determination to provide Free Health Care to pregnant women and children below the age of five, who were most vulnerable to malaria attack.
Tsanyawa, however, commended the Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje administration for making the healthcare sector, a top priority in the state.
He added that the Ministry would cooperate with all relevant stakeholders, to pursue the perpetrators of such crime until they faced the law
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