Over 60 illegal health colleges operating in Kaduna — Practitioners warn of looming Public Health crisis

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo

KADUNA — The Association of Community Health Practitioners of Nigeria (ACHPN), Kaduna State chapter, has expressed interest implicit the rising fig of unaccredited backstage Colleges of Health Technology operating crossed the state.

Speaking astatine a property league successful Kaduna connected Wednesday, the State Chairman of ACHPN, Comrade Aliyu Abdulrasheed Umar, revealed that portion lone 25 institutions are officially recognized, much than 60 others are functioning without accreditation from the applicable regulatory board.

“As of today, we person lone 25 recognized schools, portion implicit 60 others are operating without support from the Community Health Practitioners Registration Board of Nigeria (CHPRBN). This poses a superior hazard to nationalist health,” helium said.

Umar explained that these unauthorized institutions, dispersed crossed assorted Local Government Areas, mislead unsuspecting students and nutrient unqualified personnel, thereby promoting quackery successful the wellness sector.

The association, helium added, has submitted a elaborate database of specified institutions to the Kaduna State Ministries of Health and Education, urging urgent enactment to adjacent them down successful collaboration with information agencies and section councils.

He further recommended that the authorities authorities people the names of duly accredited institutions and guarantee that nationalist wellness facilities lone judge students from approved schools for objective training.

Umar appealed to parents and guardians to verify the accreditation presumption of immoderate schoolhouse earlier enrollment, informing that galore are unknowingly investing successful unrecognized programmes.

“ACHPN remains committed to safeguarding nonrecreational standards successful assemblage wellness and volition proceed to collaborate with the Ministry of Health and CHPRBN to guarantee lone qualified practitioners service successful Kaduna State,” helium stated.

He besides called connected the media to intensify nationalist sensitization connected the dangers of attending unaccredited institutions and the value of maintaining nonrecreational wellness standards.

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