Buni Approves Employment of 267 Health Technicians in Yobe
Yobe State Governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, has approved the employment of 267 health technicians to boost workforce requirements in health facilities across the state.
According to a statement on Monday by Mallam Mamman Mohammed, the governor’s spokesman, the employment covers 140 Buni Scholars who recently graduated in various fields of medical sciences in India.
Mohammed said the Buni Scholars include 43 BSN nursing, 43 BSN pharmacy, 22 BSN medical Laboratory Science, 24 BSN radiology, 7 BSN optometry, and 1 BSN public Health graduates.
The spokesman said the governor had similarly approved the employment of 127 health technicians currently serving as volunteers in health institutions across the state.
He said the governor directed the employment of the medical technicians who graduated earlier but were not formally employed but had been serving as volunteers in the medical centers.
According to him, the Buni Scholars are placed on CONHESS 8, while the volunteer technicians were placed on CONHESS 6/2.
The Buni administration has consistently offered automatic employment to graduates of the state-owned Shehu Sule College of Nursing and Midwifery in the last five years to improve personnel in medical facilities.
It could be recalled thatthe Buni administration established primary healthcare centres in the political wards of the state to bring healthcare delivery to the people’s doorsteps.
Similarly, the government upgraded the four General Hospitals in Gashua, Potiskum, Geidam, and Buni Yadi to Specialist hospitals and eight Primary health centers to General hospitals, while the State Teaching hospital was equipped with state-of-the-art equipment to make Healthcare delivery accessible and affordable across the state.
