Mal. Garba Suleiman

STORE HISTORY AND ACTIVITY

The store department has been existence since the inception of the hospital. The department is saddled with responsibilities of receiving goods supplied to the hospital,
Issuing goods to user’s department and unit as they request and also keeping custody of all items/material that belong to the management of the hospital.

The department has under gone a lot of transformation on various ways, from unit to a department
under the control of Account Department in June 1988 with additional unit of store, Prosthetic and
Orthotics , Pathology store, Central Store, Dressing Store and A&E cash and carry store that provide 24
hours service to patient of the Hospital.

STAFF STRENGHT

Staff strength has relatively increased when compare with what we have before the present
work force stood as follows:-

ACTIVITY PERFORMED
The department has been conducting the normal routine work as follows:-

1. RECEIVING:- the store department has been receiving supplies of goods items and
material of good quality for hospital needs.
2. ISSUING:- the department has been issuing of hospital materials to users department and units in the hospital as requested by the user.
3. INSPECTION:- the department also inspect the items supplied with a company of users department, stores department, audit department and one of the consultant representing the management of the hospital and certified the quality, quantity, expiring data before taking the goods on store charge
4. QUARTERLY AND YEARLY STOCK TAKING EXERCISE:- the department also do quarterly and yearly stock taking exercise in order to know the position of the stock and value of the stock which will reflect on a balance sheet of the hospital at the end of every year.

ACHIEVEMENT
The department has achieved a lot by providing the needed materials of stock to the hospital and also reduces the level of out of stock syndrome.

PROFILE GARBA SULEIMAN
Mal. Garba Suleiman the Ag Head of Stores and Supplies Department was born on 7th January 1965 at Indabawa quarters in Kano Municipal Area Council. He attended Danagundi Primary School from the year 1971 to 1978. After his Primary education, he proceeded to kawaji Secondary School in 1978 to 1979 and thereafter transferred to senior Secondary School Kazaure the present Jigawa state in 1980 to 1983.
In 1986, he enrolled into kano state institute of management which is now called kano state polytechnic where he obtained a National Diploma Certificate in purchasing and Supplies in 1988.
Immediately he finished his diploma, he got employment into the services of National Orthopaedic Hospital Dala –kano on 16th January 1989 as Assistant store Officer and Rose to the Rank of chief Store Officer (CSO) where he was given the Ag Head of the Department (Store and Supplies) on 27th July 2016 to date.