Yobe state has graduated 1,485 nurses and midwives from the Shehu Sule School of Nursing Sciences in a triple ceremony that additionally featured the commissioning of latest tasks and the launch of a authorities achievement journal.
Deputy governor Idi Barde Gubana, representing Governor Mai Mala Buni, presided over the occasion held on the faculty’s convention corridor.
The deputy governor Wednesday introduced that every one 1,485 graduands from the 2022–2025 tutorial cycle have been supplied computerized employment into the state well being service, besides 122 who’re awaiting the governor’s last approval.
Gubana described the achievement as exceptional for a state recovering from over a decade of safety challenges. He credited healthcare staff, largely merchandise of the faculty, for his or her professionalism.
He stated the current administration has constructed 142 major healthcare centres, upgraded 12 hospitals, employed over 3,500 well being staff, and established a biomedical analysis centre to deal with persistent kidney illness.
The deputy governor additional said that the faculty now ranks third nationally, with 100% accreditation, and added that the primary set of 62 HND nurses had been inducted on April 4.
Earlier in her remarks, the provost of the faculty, Hajiya Hadiza Sabo, stated the assured employment coverage has pushed applicant numbers from 600 earlier than 2019 to over 3,000 for the 2025/2026 session.
She revealed that this isn’t obtainable in any state throughout the area or the nation.
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