Muhammad Garba
Efficient health service delivery has formed part of the cardinal objectives of Jigawa State governor, Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar.
Accordingly, the governor has continued to do everything to boost manpower in the health sector, as he vowed to ensure that no medical facility in the state, no matter how remote, will be left without a medical doctor.
The Special Adviser, Media and Public Relations to the Governor, Habibu Kila in a statement, Friday, said it is in fulfillment of the objective that Gov. Badaru has embarked on massive improvement of all basic healthcare facilities in every political ward of the state, even as he has ensured that no political wards are left without one.
The governor said “Every Jigawa State community must have a basic healthcare facility. That is a promise we have kept and we have made up our minds that those facilities will always have equipment and manpower to run them.”
In October 2016, 60 students from Jigawa State who had required results in their examinations went through rigorous screening exercises and were sent to China to study Clinical Medicine.
According to the statement, the selection processes were adjudged by all to be all-inclusive and transparent.
Already, those students have completed their four years of study and are now in various hospitals in the state undergoing internship as prerequisite for the fulfillment of the conditions of their medical training.
Governor Badaru has expressed satisfaction with the quality of the training they acquired from the Chinese universities, saying it was adequate.
He said his government is confident that they will perform well in their responsibilities in the management of the facilities to which they are posted.
In addition, the governor has provided full scholarship sponsorship to another 160 students (60 boys and 100 girls) to undergo MBBS in Clinical Medicine in Sudanese universities. This is from many who have also been sponsored in various universities in Nigeria.
In a memorable event at the Government House, Dutse, Governor Badaru, reaffirmed that the purpose of sending the students to Sudan was to continue filling the ever-widening manpower the gap in the health sector.
He urged the students to be good ambassadors of the state, work hard to excel in their studies and to ensure that at the end of their course, they will render selfless service to the community in overcoming the health challenges in Jigawa State.
He reminded them that as potential doctors, their primary duty is to safeguard lives and treat patients with all the seriousness that profession demands.
