In his continued efforts towards ensuring healthy living in the state, Sokoto State Governor Aminu 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.
Making this disclosure on Thursday while addressing journalists to mark this year’s World Health Workers Week”, the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Muhammad Ali Inname, said Sokoto Health Workers cadre conversion strategy being the first of its kind in Nigeria will help reduce the gap in the much needed clinical health workforce.
Inname said, Â “In line with this year’s theme of the World Health Workers Week” which is, “Build The Health Workers Better”, the Sokoto State government is marking 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”.
According to Inname, the development  will go along way in reducing  the gap in the much needed clinical health workforce and reduce quackery in health service delivery.
Explaining how the cadre conversion works, Inname said existence health workforce with qualifications other than Nursing, Midwifery and Community Health Extension Worker will be required to join special programme of study to be anchored by accredited School of Health Technology and Nursing Sciences, adding that , “the school/college will coordinate the programme using special modules to be developed and approved by the regulatory bodies”.
Speaking further, the Health Commissioner said, “Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has approved the scheme for the change of cadre for all those willing to undertake the special training programme.
“The programme is the first of its kind in health sector in Nigeria and is being championed by Sokoto State”.
Inname also stated that Governor Tambuwal recently approved the recruitment of over 1,000 health workers which will be deployed to over 800 Primary Health Cares centres across the state.
Speaking earlier, Dr Benson Ojile from IHP,  said the week long event is to recognize the contributions of health workers globally.
