By Aminu Garko
Kano – August 6, 2026 – The Kano State Government has suspended all Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention, SMC, programme activities in the state and constituted a high-level committee to investigate its implementation.
This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Health, Nabilusi Abubakar K/Na’isa.
According to the statement, the suspension takes immediate effect to allow a comprehensive review of the planning, distribution and implementation processes of the SMC programme.
The ministry directed that all ongoing field operations, distributions and community engagement activities under the programme be suspended pending the outcome of the investigation.
The Programme Manager has also been suspended with immediate effect. Programme responsibilities have been temporarily transferred to the most senior officer in the programme to ensure coordination during the review period.
The government said the investigative committee will examine programme operations, documentation, personnel records and all related implementation activities.
The committee is chaired by Director General of the State AIDS Control Agency, SACA, Usman Bashir. Members include:
- Salisu Ahmad Ibrahim: Director General, State Primary Healthcare Management Board, SPHCMB
- Ghali Sule: Director General, Drugs and Medical Consumables Supply Agency, DMCSA
- Mansur Mudi Nagoda: Executive Secretary, Hospitals Management Board, HMB
- Muhammad A. Abbas: Director General, Kano Centre for Disease Control, KNCDC
- Fatima Usman Zahradden: Executive Secretary, Kano Health Trust Fund, KHETFUND
- Rahila A. Mukhtar: Executive Secretary, Kano State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency, KSCHMA
- Khadijah Hussein Said: Acting Director General, Private Health Institutions Management Agency, PHIMA
- Nazeer Tanko Kyaure: Director Administration and General Services, Ministry of Health, Secretary
The ministry also directed the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, implementing partners and other stakeholders to report to the ministry headquarters with approved work plans, distribution records and candidate lists for verification.
The government reaffirmed its commitment to transparency and accountability in health programmes, and assured development partners and the public that the review was aimed at strengthening programme delivery.
It called on all stakeholders to cooperate with the investigative committee.
