Kano Clears ₦980m Debt, Boosts Drug Availability to 97% — DMCSA

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Kano State Medication and Medical Consumables Provide Company (DMCSA), says it has paid N980 million out of the excellent N1.17 billion debt inherited from the earlier administration.

Its Director-Basic, Gali Sule, mentioned this through the eighth quarterly evaluate assembly of the company, on Tuesday in Kano.

He mentioned the company achieved the feat by way of proactive {financial} reforms aimed toward selling transparency and accountability in its operstions.

Sule recalled that when he assumed responsibility in July 2023, the company was in precarious state working on deficit as a consequence of unpaid obligations to the suppliers..

“Immediately, I’m proud to announce that N980 million out of the N1.17 billion inherited debt has been cleared, the company is now on a steady {financial} footing,” he mentioned.

Sule reiterated  dedication to clear the excellent debt, and strengthen collaboration with stakeholders within the well being sector.

This, he mentioned, isn’t just a {financial} restoration relatively a metamorphosis in the direction of constructing an accountable, environment friendly, and people-centered company.

Sule mentioned the company has elevated drug availability throughout public well being services from 30 to 97 per cent, at 40 per cent subsidy in comparison with the open market.

He mentioned the company’s fund worth rose from N102 million in July 2023 to N377 million in September 2025, including that the company obtained numerous types of assist from companions through the interval beneath evaluate.

“The assist we’ve obtained on this quarter contains that of Gates Basis by way of its implementing companion, the Capability for Sustainable Improvement (C4SD), for implementation of the Built-in Final-Mile Supply (ILMD).

“We additionally obtained Drug Revolving Fund (DRF) instruments from the Canadian Authorities’s Vitamin Worldwide,” he mentioned.

Sule listed different intervention to incorporate tender analysis course of assist by the UK Authorities’s FCDO funded mission tagged: “Lafiya Programme,” and a donation of an electrical stacker from Jawa Worldwide Ltd.

The Commissioner for Well being, Dr Abubakar Labaran lauded the administration of the company for the excellent achievements.

Labaran additionally recommended companions for his or her well being sector interventions, and pledged to make sure efficient utilisation of  instruments and gear donated to the company.