KANO DMCSA BULLETIN

By Farouk Isa Musa  As part of concerted efforts to enhance maternal and child health in Kano State, the Drugs and Medical Consumables Supply Agency has rolled out measures and strategies to integrate family planning with the last mile delivery initiative. Focusing mainly on accessibility of commodities and the provision of high-quality care, the strategies would help in ensuring that the clients have consistent and reliable access to reproductive health services, ultimately leading to improved health outcomes for women and families. This development was made known by Pharm. Gali Sule the Director-General of DMCSA, Thursday, during a one-day Sensitization Meeting With Key Stakeholders on the Integration of Family Planning Commodities and Delivery to the Last Mile, organized by the agency in collaboration with Center for Sustainable Development and supported by Gates Foundation. The main objectives of the integration are to generally improve families' access to reproduct...

By Farouk Isa Musa   In less than two years, the Kano State Drugs and Medical Consumables Supply Agency (DMCSA) has successfully paid the sum of N800 million (or 70 percent of the) debt it owed pharmaceutical companies and other drug suppliers from 2019 to early 2023. The funds paid were part of N1.17 billion debt, which the DMCSA inherited from the former administration. Pharm. Gali Sule, the Director-General of the Agency, disclosed this when he received the executive members of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) from Dakata Ward in Nassarawa Local Government Area. Shading more light, the Director-General said when he assumed office in July 2023, he found the Agency heavily indebted to the tune of over N1.1 billion, adding that if all the stocks at stores were sold off and combine with the funds at the Agency’s bank accounts, the DMCSA would still be owing suppliers some N102 million (as negative balance). After 17 months, the organization now has a fund value (or ...

By Farouk Isa Musa   The Kano State Drugs and Medical Consumables Supply Agency (DMCSA) reports a significant boost in drug availability at government facilities, raising from 30 percent to 90 percent. Director- General of the Agency, Pharm. Gali Sule disclosed this on Thursday when executive members of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) from Dakata Ward in Nassarawa Local Government Area paid him a courtin Kano. According to him, “years ago, if 10 drugs were prescribed to patient, they would only get three, now, patient can at least get nine out of 10.” he said Sule attributed this progress to the state government’s dedication to revitalising the health sector and improving the overall welfare of kano residents. He also noted that government- supplied drugs are now 40 percent cheaper than those available in the open market, making healthcare more affordable for Kano residents. The agency has also made significant financial strides. Sule explained that the agency had pai...

By Farouk Isa Musa  At least 700 alumni has attended the annual iftar feast organized by the national body of Kano Science Schools Old Students Association (KASSOSA), held on Sunday 16th Ramadan 1446 (16th March 2025) at Governor's College in the metropolis. The event is a remarkable student reunion of all former students of science secondary schools in the state. A part from the national national leadership of the union, other notable figures zlso attended the iftar, including Pharm. Gali Sule, the immediate past National President of the association and the current Director-General of state Drugs and Medical Consumables Supply Agency, (DMCSA), Assoc Prof. Dahiru Saleh Muhammad, the Executive Secretary Science and Technical Board, among others. Alhaji Balarabe Nuhu Jalla, the National President of KASSOSA, said, "For years, the alumni ientity s organizing the iftar every Ramadan." The oftar, according to him, is one of the avenues where members of the associa...

By Farouk Isa Musa   To ensure efficiency and effectiveness in reporting health matters, the Kano State Center for Disease Control has organized a two-day capacity-building workshop for Public Relations Officers, Senior Special Reporters, and Special Reporters working under the Ministry of Health and its agencies,, some selected journalists and social media influencers. Declaring the workshop opened, the Commissioner State Minstry of Health Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf has emphasized the need for health reporters in the state to demonstrate professionalism while discharging their duties. He charged them to always avoid being biased, reporting unconfirmed stories, or spreading rumors by verifying their stories from credible, reliable, and authoritative sources. Dr. Yusuf spoke at length on the importance and sensitive nature of health reportage, stressing that credible and factual reports may save lives, while false or misleading stories could endan...

By Farouk Isa Musa  The Commissioner Kano State Minstry of Health Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf has expressed the need for health reporters in the state to demonstrate professionalism while discharging their duties. He charged them to always avoid being biased, reporting unconfirmed stories, or spreading rumors by verifying their stories from credible, reliable, and authoritative sources, as contained in a press statement issued by Farouk Isa Musa Public Relations Officer of Kano State Drugs and Medical Consumables Supply Agency. The Commissioner made the charge Thursday while speaking at a 2-day sensitization workshop which was organized by Kano State Center for Disease Control (KNCDC) and supported by the UK Government's Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office, FCDO-Lafiya Program and the Africa Health Budget Network (AHBN). Dr. Yusuf spoke at length on the importance and sensitive nature of health reportage, warning that credible and factual reports may save lives, ...

By Farouk Isa Musa  As part of his enduring commitment to improve healthcare access, especially among women and children in Kano State, Pharm. Gali Sule, the Director-General of Drugs and Medical Consumables Supply Agency, has met with the executives of Africa Health Budget Network (AHBN), who paid him an advocacy visit in his office, Wednesday. The meeting was part of a series of engagements with relevant stakeholders, including the nongovernmental organizations undertaken by the DMCSA with a view to collaborate and properly utilize their expertise. The Director-General noted that women health is paramount and one of the cardinal principles his agency strives hard to achieve, adding that the DMCSA has integrated the family planning program, to a certain level, with the Drug Revolving Fund (DRF) scheme as in line with the current national policy. On his part, Aqibu Hamisu, who led the delegation, said they were at the DG's office to brief him on the activities of the or...