The Yobe State Governor and Chairman APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Mai Mala Buni has approved the recruitment of 45 graduands of Shehu Sule College of Nursing and Midwifery.
Mamman Mohammed, Director-General, Press Affairs and Media revealed this in a statement made available to the press on Tuesday in Damaturu.
The statement said Buni approved this to improve the manpower required in health institutions across the state.
The 45 midwives who recently graduated from the state-owned college of Nursing and Midwifery, will be employed and posted to health facilities in need of additional manpower.
The governor reiterated that healthcare delivery remains a priority area of his administration and would continue to provide manpower, equipment and all other facilities required to make healthcare delivery accessible and affordable to the people of the state.
He charged the potential recruits to be dedicated to their duties and to justify the confidence reposed in them in their new areas of assignment.
The Buni administration has established 105 out of 178 targeted functional Primary Healthcare Centers slated for every electoral ward across the state.