The Forum of Health Commissioners in the North-West has expressed concern over the increasing number of private health training institutions operating without meeting the required regulatory standards across the region. The chairman of the forum and Jigawa State Commissioner for Health, Dr Abdullahi Muhammad Kainuwa, disclosed this during a stakeholders' meeting with heads of health training institutions in the state held at the Ministry of Health in Dutse. Kainuwa said the forum was aware that some private health training schools were operating without complying with established guidelines, warning that such practices would no longer be tolerated. He disclosed that the forum had constituted a special committee to monitor health training institutions across the seven North-West states and ensure compliance with prescribed standards.
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