Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, has approved the employment of 267 health technicians to boost manpower requirements in health facilities in the state.
This was revealed in a statement issued by Buni’s media aide, Mamman Mohammed, which indicated that the employment covers 140 scholars who recently graduated in various fields of medical sciences in India.
“The Buni Scholars include: 43 Bsc Nursing, 43 Bsc Pharmacy, 22 Bsc Medical Laboratory Science, 24 Bsc Radiology, 7 Bsc Optometry and 1 Bsc Public Health graduates.
“Similarly, His Excellency Gov. Buni approved the employment of 127 health technician currently serving as volunteers in health institutions across the state”, the statement explained.
According to him, Governor Buni has also directed the employment of the medical technicians who graduated earlier but were not formally employed but had been serving as volunteers in the medical centers.
It said the Buni Scholars were placed on CONHESS 8, while the volunteer technicians were placed on CONHESS 6/2.
