By Muhammad Amaan
Kano State Drugs and Medical Consumable Supply Agency said it will partner with the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bayero University Kano (BUK), to enhance training and research on drug manufacturing.
The Director-General of the agency, Malam Gali Sule, said this on Thursday during a courtesy visit by the First Vice-President of the National Association of Industrial Pharmacists of Nigeria (NAIP), Gidado Yusuf.
This was contained in a statement issued to newsmen by the Public Relations Officer of the agency, Farouk Musa Isa on Thursday in Kano.
He said the agency was upgrading its drug manufacturing unit, to enable it to get certification from regulatory bodies such as Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria (PCN) and National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
“The manufacturing facility will operate in a standard way to compliment private sector for maximum benefit through producing drugs, quality control testing of procure drugs.
“The agency will also welcome students on industrial training from various tertiary institutions, especially Bayero University Kano,” Sule was quoted as saying in the statement.
Earlier, Gidado Yusuf said the visit was to strengthen the existing working relationships between them, and pledged support to enable the agency to achieve its mandate.
