Kano Closes 37 Private Health Facilities Over Regulatory Violations

The Kano State Government has closed 37 private hospitals and other healthcare facilities over over various regulatory violations in the past 18 months in the state.
The Acting Director-General of the state 

Private Health Institutions Management Agency, PHIMA, Hajiya Khadija Sa’id, who spoke also, said over 1,405 private health facilities were currently registered with the agency across the state.

Khadija Sa’id noted that 16 of the affected facilities were closed in 2025, while another 21 were shut down between January and July 2026 for failing to comply with government regulations governing healthcare service delivery.
She further explained that PHIMA was responsible for facilitating, regulating and supervising healthcare services provided by private health institutions, adding that the agency has the authority to sanction or shut down facilities that violate government regulations.
According to her, the agency monitors private health institutions through routine and supportive supervision, pointing out that such routine supervision was conducted by teams comprising PHIMA staff and ad hoc personnel with relevant medical experience, even as supportive supervision involved stakeholders, including specialist doctors, lawyers, representatives of the state Ministry of Health, security agencies and community leaders.

The Acting Director-General said the registered facilities include clinics, polyclinics, hospitals, specialist hospitals, nursing homes, clinic/maternity centres and maternity hospitals, stressing  that each category of healthcare facility has a clearly defined scope of services it is authorised to provide, warning that it was unlawful for a clinic, for instance, to provide services designated for a polyclinic or hospital.
“Our concern is to ensure good service delivery to the people. We do not want a situation where the health of the people will be compromised,” she said.