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The leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, on Monday in Kano emphasised that it is about time Nigeria explores alternative power sources to address our energy needs. While speaking on persistent blackouts in Northern Nigeria, Kwankwaso emphasised that we need to exploit the abundant resources available to this country toward
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The House of Representatives Committee on Health Institutions has expressed concerns over alleged delay in recruitments to fill gaps that resulted from mass exodus of health professionals. Doctors, nurses and other health professionals frequently leave the country for better opportunities abroad, a trend that has come to be termed Japa. The House Committee, led on
Reps flay delay in recruitments to fill gaps created by Japa
The House of Representatives Committee on Health Institutions has expressed concerns over alleged delay in recruitments to fill gaps that resulted from mass exodus of health professionals.
Doctors, nurses and other health professionals frequently leave the country for better opportunities abroad, a trend that has come to be termed Japa.
The House Committee, led on a visit by its chairman, Amos Magaji, to the Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital, MAUTH, in Yola, Adamawa State, said the relevant authorities had not been addressing the syndrome appropriately.
The committee chairman who said the committee was at MAUTH to inspect capital projects, facility capacity, manpower, and programs, said recruitments in facilities around the country had not been keeping pace with service withdrawals.
“We face the challenge of Japa; many doctors and nurses are leaving, and there’s delay in approval for recruitment to close the gaps,” he said.
Magaji said the gaps were widespread, just as he acknowledged MAUTH’s own dissatisfaction with inadequate staffing.
He said however that his committee was satisfied with how the hospital fares in regard to meeting clinical standards in a hygienic environment.
The MAUTH Chief Medical Director Prof. Adamu Bakari Girei, told the committee that the hospital had grown from 100 to a 720-bed capacity, but requested further interventions in waterworks, road network, and other facility upgrades.
During the oversight visit, the House Committee on Health Institutions toured MAUTH’s Residents Doctors Quarters, Psychiatric Block, College of Nursing and Midwifery, ENT and Ophthalmology Complex, female and male surgical wards and theatres.
Reps flay delay in recruitments to fill gaps created by Japa
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, says the death toll from the cholera outbreak has risen to 378 while 14, 237 persons have been infected with the disease since the beginning of the year. The Director-General of the agency, Dr Jide Idris, made this known on Thursday while presenting an update on the ongoing
Cholera death toll hits 378 with 14,237 confirmed cases across Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, says the death toll from the cholera outbreak has risen to 378 while 14, 237 persons have been infected with the disease since the beginning of the year.
The Director-General of the agency, Dr Jide Idris, made this known on Thursday while presenting an update on the ongoing response to infectious disease outbreaks and other events of public health importance in Nigeria and globally.
Idris said that 14,237 cases of cholera have been reported across 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), spanning 339 local government areas.
According to him, cholera remains a serious public health issue, particularly in areas with inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) systems, adding that the NCDC, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, has been working tirelessly to mitigate the spread of the disease and save lives.
Idris said this year has seen two significant waves of cholera, with the most recent surge, reported during the week of September 29 (Epi Week 39), and attributed to the heavy rains and subsequent flooding.
He said, “This is a pattern we anticipated, having foreseen the risks through data and advisories provided by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET). The floods in the northern states such as Borno, Adamawa, Jigawa, Yobe, and Kano have exacerbated the spread of cholera, making these states the current epicenters of the outbreak.”
Cholera death toll hits 378 with 14,237 confirmed cases across Nigeria
The Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna, presided over by Justice R.M. Aikawa, has declined jurisdiction in the suit filed…