Yobe state Governor, Mai Mala Buni has approved the employment of 158 community nursing graduates of the Dr. Shehu Sule College of Nursing and Midwifery, Damaturu.
Media Aid to the Governor, Mamman Mohammed disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Damaturu on Saturday, noting that the beneficiaries were graduates of two sets of community nursing of the college.
“Similarly, Governor Buni has approved the payment of N10,000 monthly allowance to 393 students of Yobe state origin, undergoing National Diploma and Basic Midwifery programmes at the Shehu Sule College of Nursing and Midwifery.
“The approval indicates that 67 of the benefitting students are also entitled to 11 months arrears of the allowance”, Mohammed said.
The Media Aid also explained that the 326 new students of Yobe state origin undertaking Basic Midwifery and National Diploma in Nursing programme, are to start benefiting the approved N10,000 monthly allowance.
In the statemet Governor Buni urged the newly employed health personnels to be dedicated to serve the people better.
He also charged them to key into the reform programme of the state government to provide efficient, accessible and affordable medical services to the people.
The Governor also called on the students to study hard to justify the government’s investment in them.
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