Gombe Govt Certifies 7 Health Colleges, Bans 10 Others

Gombe State government has certified seven health colleges as qualified institutions for the training of health workers in the state.

This is even as the government banned 10 others from teaching and awarding certificates to health students over alleged non-accreditation and meeting the necessary requirements to operate.

The state attorney-general and commissioner for justice, Barrister Zubairu Umar disclosed this yesterday while briefing newsmen on the decision taken by the state executive council meeting which was presided over by Governor Inuwa Yahaya.

He said the banned institutions were not accredited by regulatory bodies and do not have the required facilities to train health workers pointing out that the state government is concerned about the lives and well-being of the people hence it resolves to shut down such schools.
“The schools that have been banned from operating are; Ilimi College of Health Science and Technology, Gombe, Barundai College of Health Science and Technology, Kumo, Legacy College of Health Science and Technology, Gombe, College of Health Science and Technology, Filiya, College of Health Science and Technology, Deba, Mbormi College of Health Science and Technology, Bajoga, Bajoga College of Health Science and Technology, College of Health Science and Technology, Bambam, Standard College of Health Science and Technology, Kwami, College of Health Science and Technology Dalakido,” he announced.
The seven certified institutions according to the attorney general are; Fountain College of Science and Technology in Tumfure, Conformance College of Health Science and Technology in Billiri, Garkuwa College of Health Science and Technology in Gombe, Lamido School of Hygiene in Liji, Umma College of Health Science and Technology in Gombe, Dukku International College of Health Science and Technology in Dukku and Haruna Rashid College of Health Science and Technology in Dukku.
Zubairu who stated that the government had earlier shut down all the 17 institutions said it lifted the ban on the seven institutions after the committee set up by the government found them to be qualified and standard for running their courses.
He said the committee found out that the remaining 10 are below standard advising students of the affected colleges to relocate to the accredited ones so that their certificates will be recognised and valuable after graduation.