BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto –
In his continued efforts towards ensuring healthy living in Sokoto State, Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has approved the scheme for the change of cadre for all those willing to undertake special training in Nursing, Midwifery and Community Health Extension workers.
The State commissioner of Health, Dr Muhammad Ali Inname, disclosed this on Thursday while addressing newsmen to mark this year’s World Health Workers Week”,
Dr. Inname said the Sokoto health workers cadre conversion strategy being the first of its kind in Nigeria would help decrease the gap in the much needed clinical health workforce and reduce quackery in health service delivery.
“In line with this year’s theme of the World Health Workers Week” which is, “Build The Health Workers Back Better”, the Sokoto State government is making a long term investment to better retrain those cadre in large number more than what it requires into much needed clinical cadres of Nursing, Midwifery and Community Health Extension Workers”, he said.
Explaining how the cadre conversion would work, Dr Inname, said existence health workforce with qualifications other than Nursing, Midwifery and Community Health Extension workers will be required to join special programme of study to be anchored by accredited School of Health Technology and Nursing Sciences.
Dr Inname, further noted that Governor Tambuwal recently approved the recruitment of over 1000 health workers which will be deployed to over 800 primary health care centers across the state.
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