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There are currently plans in place to hire 200 people to help Gombe State’s health industry meet its workforce requirements.

The announcement was delivered by the state’s governor, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, via Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi, secretary to the state government (SSG), who was also joined in the audience by national officials of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN).

The PSN officials were in Gombe state to finalize plans for their next National Conference that was due to take place in the State, under the direction of its President Professor Cyril Usifor.
He asserts that the core of his administration’s determination to achieve Universal Health Coverage is the providing of people with high-quality, reasonably priced health care services.

He informed them that his government has previously hired 260 health professionals, including pharmacists, and that preparations are in place to hire an additional 200 to support the staffing needs of the soon-to-be-built hospitals in Kaltungo Kumo and Bajoga.

The current administration had established at least one operational health center in each of the state’s 114 political wards, he added.
He is steady, his government is revitalizing the general hospitals in Kaltungo and Bajoga while a new one is being built in Kumo to provide quality and cheap healthcare services to the people at the grassroots level, in addition to refurbishing the state specialist hospital.

For lack of time, Professor Njodi stated that “these are only a few of the various interventions the Gombe State Governor has done and is continuing providing to ensure the health of the people.”

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria’s President, Professor Cyril Usifor, stated previously that the organization was in the state for its AGM, or annual general meeting, which served as a practice run for its next national conference in Gombe later this month.

He praised the Gombe State administration of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya for establishing a business-friendly environment for prospective investors to explore and make a fortune for themselves in the state, adding that the Muhammadu Buhari Industrial Park is a ground-breaking move made by the Governor to bring social and economic prosperity to the people of the state.

According to him, the society will have no choice but to promote the state’s potential to investors both inside and outside the nation given the existing necessary conditions for the ease of doing business in the state.

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of the World Trade Organization, refuted a fabricated claim that she had received threats during a meeting with President Bola Tinubu in Abuja on Tuesday.

The statement is incorrect, Okonjo-Iweala stated in a statement by her media adviser, Paul Nwabuikwu. According to PM News, it is not from Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

The fake story that has subsequently gained widespread distribution stated that the former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy under President Goodluck Jonathan raised an alarm regarding threats she had been getting since her visit to Tinubu.

“I keep getting negative calls and messages about my yesterday’s meeting with the president, especially from people I hold in the highest regard.

“Honestly, I am astounded by the substance of the messages and the callers’ tones. Has Nigeria fallen so far? They are threatening my life and the lives of my family members by utilizing a visit I made for the benefit of our beloved country,'” the alleged statement stated in part.

According to Okonjo-Iweala, her visit to the President on Tuesday was unofficial and not in the course of her duties as the Director-General of the WTO.

Ahmed Audi, the Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, revealed on Wednesday that 200 people had been detained and no less than 100 illegal refineries had been demolished in the previous two years.

The CG had already instructed staff to work even harder to combat pipeline vandalism and oil theft.

At the second CG’s conference in Abuja, Audi announced this.

Speaking of the Corps’ actions, the CG noted that “over 200 suspects have been apprehended in two years and over 100 illegal refineries have been demolished.”

He reminded the staff of the struggle ahead and the requirement to successfully address new security risks.

In order to ensure food security, he added, “We also need to step up our efforts to protect Critical National Assets and Infrastructure, address the issue of oil theft and pipeline vandalism, ensure the protection of farmers and farmland, and protect facilities in the power, telecoms, and transportation sectors with a focus on rail infrastructure.

“In order to combat the recent wave of insecurity in the country, we must start implementing new measures. In order to further strengthen the Corps’ capacity, the Corps has prioritized training and retraining as well as the purchase of cutting-edge operating and communication technology.

In order to alleviate the impact of the elimination of gasoline subsidies on Ekiti people, including students, workers, and retirees, Ekiti State Governor Mr. Biodun Oyebanji carried out palliatives on Wednesday.

The loss of fuel subsidies will inevitably result in short-term pain, according to Mr. Akintunde Oyebode, Chairman of the state Palliatives Committee and Commissioner for Finance, but he added that the palliatives would fill the void.

While reporting on the findings of the committee made up of government representatives and other stakeholders, including organized labor, Oyebode said the palliatives encompassed both the formal and informal sectors as well as elderly people. He spoke in Ado Ekiti, the state capital.

The commissioner stated that the governor had approved the committee’s recommendations for immediate implementation.

In addition to “payment of one month’s pension arrears for state and local government retirees,” he also highlighted “payment of one year’s leave bonus for state and local government workers” as initiatives.

He added that there were still more, such as “application of consequential adjustment for workers on GL. 14 to GL. 17 for state and local governments” and “implementation of 90% CONHESS and 100% Hazard Allowance for health workers at the local governments.”

Implementation of financial benefits of promotions for state and local government employees in 2020 and 2021, as well as salary parity for clinical personnel of the Hospitals Management Board.

In order to make it easier for workers and students to get to and from work and school, he also called for the “immediate payment of one-month subvention arrears to higher institutions.”

In addition to the actions already listed, Oyebode claimed that the governor had approved other interventions.

He listed some of them, saying that they included “payment of N5,000 as a conditional cash transfer to 10,000 households from August to December 2023 with emphasis on our senior people and inclusion of 10,000 persons in the ‘Ulera Wa’ Health Insurance scheme.”

The commissioner continued by saying that the governor had also given the go-ahead for “a food distribution program that will begin this month, the distribution of inputs to farmers, as well as financial help for small enterprises and our informal sector.”

The initiatives, according to Oyebode, were made possible by the extra money the three levels of government received as a result of President Bola Tinubu’s difficult decisions, which he claimed were already having a positive fiscal impact.

“The additional revenues from the removal of fuel subsidy would lead to greater service delivery from our government,” he said, reiterating the Oyebanji-led administration’s commitment to the residents of Ekiti State.

Under his leadership, “we will continue to accelerate our road towards prosperity,” he stated. “Mr. Governor is firmly dedicated to his vision of “Shared Prosperity” which is being pushed by the government’s six-point program.”

The leaders of organized labor, such as Kolapo Olatunde, Chair of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Sola Adigun, Chair of the Trade Union Congress, and Oluwafemi Ajoloko, Chair of the Joint Negotiation Council, praised Oyebanji for his devotion to the state’s workers and all of its residents.

The governor’s actions, according to the labor leaders, were unparalleled in Nigeria’s history of labor-government ties. They also emphasized that Oyebanji enthusiastically agreed to all of the recommendations put forth to him.