Yobe state Governor Mai Mala Buni, has approved the recruitment of 54 nurses to boost the staff requirement of medical facilities in the state.
Governor Buni in a statement signed by DG press Mamman Mohammed directed that only qualified nurses should be employed to provide services in the health institutions.
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The nurses to be employed are 2020 graduates of the Shehu Sule College of Nursing and Midwifery.
According to the governor, the employment of more nurses was necessary following the establishment, expansion and upgrading of more health institutions across the state.
He urged the potential employees to be dedicated to duty and responsibilities assigned to them when absorbed into the state civil service.
The Buni administration has upgraded six comprehensive health centres to General hospitals in Machina, Yusufari, Jajimaji, Bara, Babbangida and Nguru, while four General hospitals in Gashua, Potiskum, Geidam and Buni Yadi have been upgraded to Specialists Hospitals.
