Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has expressed commitment to addressing the manpower deficit in the healthcare sector of the state.
The governor made this known on Sunday in Monguno when he paid an assessment visit to the project site for the construction of School of Nursing in the area.
He said: “Human resources in the healthcare sector is one of the major problems throughout the country.
“To provide a permanent but long-term solution, we have decided to establish a school of nursing in Monguno so that in the near future, we will produce health workers who would provide healthcare services to the people of northern Borno.”
He added: “We have also established another school of nursing in Gworza to serve the need for additional nurses in the southern part of the state.”
Zulum also said: “In addition to the two schools of nursing, we have established two eye and dental hospitals each in the northern and southern parts of the state with a comprehensive teaching hospital at an advanced stage of completion located in Maiduguri.
“In sha Allah, we will complete these projects on time and we promise to equip them. What matters is not only the establishment of these tertiary institutions, but the most important thing is the human resources that are needed in these health centres.”
He added: “I want to assure you that we will recruit enough human resources to meet the needs of these three institutions. Above all, we will ensure that they are well equipped and powered by solar energy.”
The governor however expressed satisfaction with the contractor’s level of work and quality of the project and directed that the institutions be provided with solar energy.
Culled from the Conclave.
