Bauchi Uncovers 100 Ghost Health Workers

The Bauchi State authorities said it has uncovered much than 100 shade workers successful lone 5 wellness facilities successful the state.

Executive Chairman of Bauchi State Hospital Management Board, Dr. Muhammad Sambo Alkali, made the revelation portion speaking with journalists connected Wednesday night.

Alkali added that the names of identified shade workers would soon beryllium forwarded to Governor Bala Mohammed for due disciplinary enactment successful enactment with civilian work rules.

“We are presently conducting a verification workout to exposure shade workers successful the wellness sector. Recently, successful conscionable 5 of our facilities, we discovered implicit 100 shade workers. Their names volition beryllium forwarded to the governor, and they volition look the afloat consequences nether civilian work regulations,” Alkali said.

He explained that beyond tackling shade workers, the authorities was addressing the shortage of aesculapian professionals, a situation helium noted arsenic global.

According to him, Governor Mohammed has approved a strategy that has enabled the authorities to prosecute much than 40 doctors, ranging from consultants to aesculapian officers, who were cautiously selected and strategically deployed based connected disposable data.

“This propulsion strategy ensures that each professionals are connected board. We besides supervise facilities intimately and are mandated by the politician to behaviour a spread investigation to fortify work delivery,” helium added.

Alkali further revealed that the politician had directed the state’s wellness committee to plan a healthcare strategy of work that would not lone code wage issues but besides pull much doctors and different wellness professionals to Bauchi.

“The program is to align Bauchi’s wellness workers’ salaries with those of the Federal Government. This is astir completed and volition soon beryllium submitted to the politician for implementation,” helium said.

Also speaking, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Sani Muhammed Dambam, said the politician remained committed to reducing kid malnutrition successful the state.

Dambam announced that the authorities would collaborate with applicable agencies and partners to found a Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) installation successful Bauchi.

He added that Governor Mohammed had besides pledged to fortify the state’s Drugs and Medical Consumables Agency with a N250 cardinal recapitalisation money successful 2025, akin to the allocation made successful 2024.