Lawal Dauda, a member of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, has advocated proactive measures to regulate the operations of private health training institutions in the state.

Mr Dauda, who is also the chairman, House committee on health, said this in a motion raised at the plenary on Wednesday.

He described the proliferations of unauthorised health training institutions in the state as alarming, adding that many of the institutions were operating without the mandatory accreditation and approvals from relevant regulatory bodies. 

“No approval from National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), the Community Health Practitioners Registration Board of Nigeria, and the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria,” he said.

“These schools are located in unsuitable environments and lack essential infrastructure such as standard classrooms, laboratories, libraries and student hostels. 

“These training institutions also lack qualified teaching personnel which constitutes a mojor impediment to provide quality of training to students.

“The graduates of these institutions may lack the professional competence to provide safe and effective healthcare services,’’ he said.

Mr Dauda attributed the trend to weak enforcement of existing regulations and the tendency to prioritise profit over quality training and ethical standards.

He noted that continued operations of unauthorised  training institutions pose a major threat to public health and safety.

He, therefore, called for urgent measures to sanitise the sector by ensuring strict compliance with the regulatory standards. 

(NAN)