Basic Drug Procurement Pattern at Primary Health Care Centres, A Case Study of Shira Local Government Area Bauchi, Bauchi State

Basic or essential drugs are drugs that meets the health care requirements of majority of a population, hence, they should be made available at all times in sufficient amounts and in the appropriate dosage forms, and at a price that individuals and the community can afford. The study is aimed at investigating the basic drug procurement pattern at primary health care centre in Bauchi State. The sampling technique adopted is the random sampling techniques. The researcher collected all the relevant data from primary sources. Percentages and frequency were used in analyzing the data via SPSS version 22; the results were further presented in table and charts. 84 % of participants usually seek for approval from the government before procuring drugs.56% responded positively to obtaining approval on time; 82% claimed they do not get sufficient supply from Government; 84% agreed to health clinic revolve drug.34% representing twenty one respondents claimed that the accounting system is very efficient; 25% representing fifty respondents say not efficient. 70% claimed that procurement is a major problem to the effective operation I primary health care centre. 46% claimed that management of primary health care department use the funds provided by the government appropriately. The availability of essential drugs at the health centres was rather low, showing that the system has failed in achieving its main goal to manage availability also in remote area. The drug procurement and management system from the state, local government to district did not function well. Public officer should be made to understand that the public resources belong to everybody and that there management was everybody responsibility. Approval should be given on time from authority to purchased essential drug if their way from government.