Governor Yahaya Approves Federal-level Salaries For Health Workers In Gombe

Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has announced the contiguous support of caller wage structures equivalent to national authorities scale, for each wellness workers successful the state, a landmark determination expected to boost morale and fortify work transportation crossed the sector.

The politician made the announcement connected Thursday astatine the opening of the First Gombe Health Summit 2025, held astatine the Gombe International Conference Centre.

The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, and Coordinating Minister for Health, Professor Ali Pate, were among respective dignitaries contiguous astatine the summit.

Governor Yahaya said the authorities authorities would instrumentality the Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) and Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) opening October 2025.

According to Yahaya, the caller argumentation volition outgo the authorities astir N250 cardinal monthly, translating to N3 cardinal annually, describing it arsenic a indispensable concern successful the payment of wellness professionals who signifier the backbone of the state’s ongoing wellness assemblage reforms.

He urged wellness workers to reciprocate the motion with renewed commitment, professionalism, and productivity.

“I americium pleased to denote the contiguous support for the afloat implementation of CONMESS and CONHESS wage structures for each wellness workers, effectual October 2025, making them astatine par with that of the national government.

“This important intervention, astatine a fiscal outgo of Two Hundred and Fifty Million Naira monthly, oregon Three Billion Naira annually, is simply a nonstop concern successful the payment of our wellness workers. In return, I telephone upon each wellness workers successful Gombe State to lucifer this committedness with renewed dedication, highest standards of productivity, and an unwavering absorption connected contributing to the wellness and wellbeing of our people,” the politician stated.

He added that the determination aligns Gombe State with national wage standards for doctors, nurses, midwives, and different wellness professionals, a measurement analysts said could stem encephalon drain, amended unit retention, and pull much skilled unit to agrarian and underserved communities.

The politician besides highlighted the state’s wider reforms, including revitalisation of 228 superior healthcare centres, upgrading of wide hospitals, constitution of the contributory wellness strategy (GoHealth), and the instauration of GoPharma inaugural to supply affordable drugs for patients.