Buni approves 424 health workers’ employment to boost healthcare delivery services
By Tada Juthan, Maiduguri
Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni has approved the employment of 424 health workers to boost healthcare delivery services in the state.
According to him, the health professionals, are to be deployed to the various health facilities in the 178 communities, including the border areas with Niger.
This is contained in a press statement signed by the Director General of Press and Media, to Governor Mamman Mohammed, made available to newsmen in Damaturu.
The Statement stated that Buni graciously employed 205 nurses and midwives, who recently graduated from the state-owned Shehu Sule College of Nursing and Midwifery (SCNM).
Besides the engagement of health workers, he said that 219 health technicians with specialisation in different fields of study, were also employed to meet professional requirements in the various hospitals across the state.
In the statement, Mamman noted that the health workers are to be deployed to rural and urban centres to ensure efficient healthcare delivery services to the people.
“Our deployment of health workers was in line with the policy of providing accessible and affordable healthcare delivery services,” he said.
Buni, therefore, charged the health workers to be dedicated to their professional duties to justify the government’s investment and confidence in them.
“We’ll continue to accord priority to healthcare delivery services to the people,” he said.
He said that the hospitals are equipped with medical facilities, including hospital consumables, to improve healthcare delivery in the state.
