During the debate, all five candidates pledged to address the major healthcare challenges of the state.
In his remarks, the chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association , Kano State branch Abdullahi Sulaiman, said the debate was organised to increase awareness of health issues amongst gubernatorial candidates to put health on the front burner of their administration when voted into office.Mr Sulaiman added that the interactive session would also assist the candidates in formulating plans to address the lingering problems in the state healthcare.
The NMA chairman raised concern about the lack of indigenous pharmaceutical companies in Kano state despite its large population. “For instance, the major supplier of antimalarial drugs in Kano is India followed by China. This means if India and China refuse to sell antimalarial drugs to Nigeria, we will be left with a major crisis in malarial treatments and this will increase malarial deaths in the state.
“One of the keys WHO recommendations in achieving universal healthcare coverage for all, is collaborations with other health-related sectors such as environment, water resources and rural development, electricity, housing and urban planning, as well as agriculture among others. This means there is a need to have such sustainable collaborations in the state,” Mr Sulaiman said.
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