Kaduna State Government said to recruit 1, 245 healthcare workers

    The Kaduna State Government has said it would recruit 1, 245 healthcare workers to address the challenges of maternal health.

    The State Commissioner for Health, DrPaul Dogo, disclosed this yesterday at a one-day stakeholders’ forum in Kaduna.
   The forum is being organised quarterly by a coalition of Civil Society Organisations known as Kaduna State MNCH Accountability Mechanism, KADMAN, in collaboration with the Community Health and Research Initiative, CHR.
   Represented by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Ibrahim Jere, the Commissioner said the government was taking several measures to tackle maternal mortality and morbidity in the state.
   He said the council’s approval was secured for recruiting 1,245 professional health workers to shore up the deficit in human resource for health.
    He said the personnel will be employed, trained and re‎trained for effective service delivery in the health sector.
  He said the renovation of 255 healthcare centres is on-going to improve health facilities to enhance service delivery across the state.