The fate of 50 final year students of Kano School of Health Technology, whose course (pharmacy Technician) was cancelled by the National Council of Pharmacists is hanging.
The National Council of Pharmacists was said to have cancelled the course for alleged violation of some of its regulations by the school.
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The Students who were said to have written their final examinations at the institution, were shocked with the news of the course cancellation by the Council.
The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria was said to have accredited the Course for the School. However as part of the council regulations after the stipulated three years, they will come back and supervise the course to ascertain if their regulations were fully followed and after which they will re-accredit the course for the School.
However in the case of Kano School of Health Technology, some of the regulations were alleged to have been violated, thus attracting sanction from the Council.
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The school was directed to take the students studying the course to either Katsina or Jigawa to write their final examinations which they failed to do so.
Some of the affected students expressed concern over the harsh decision of the Council.
They also expressed disappointment with the management for negligence in maintaining strict guidelines of the Council.
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When contacted, the School Principal, Bello Dalhatu declined to speak on the issue and directed reporters to go to Ministry of health.
Similar effort to contact the officials of the ministry failed as nobody wanted to talk on the matter.
