Nursing School Provost Laments Understaffing, Lack Of Power Supply

Provost of Ebonyi State College of Nursing Sciences, Uburu, Mrs. Patricia Nwankwegu, has expressed interest implicit the institution’s understaffing, deficiency of capable mobility and powerfulness supply, noting that these are the large challenges facing the institution.

Nwankwegu, who made the disclosure during the institution’s 8th capping/matriculation ceremony, appealed to the authorities politician to assistance them a waiver to employment world and non-academic unit to boost their output.

She besides appealed to the authorities authorities to supply them with a coaster autobus and requested that the commissioner for wellness station unit connected secondment whenever they are needed.

She said that the College, which started successful 2018 with the Nursing Department, has been upgraded to Nursing and Midwifery arsenic the Midwifery Department was added to it successful 2024.

The capping/matriculation ceremonial took spot astatine the College Ground, Hospital Road, Uburu,  Ohaozara section authorities area, Ebonyi State.

She disclosed that the NBTE accreditation past twelvemonth led to the College’s enrollment successful the JAMB portal, and it not lone accrued the students’ quota per league but besides attracted radical from antithetic parts of the state and beyond.

Mrs Nwankwegu, who described the 275 matriculating students arsenic the highest since the College’s history, said that hardly 19 months ago, she was appointed arsenic the provost, and the instauration has made tremendous progress.

She commended the authorities commissioner for Health, Dr Moses Ekuma, for being the encephalon down the betterment successful the college, adding that the authorities governor, Francis Nwifuru, ensures that the schoolhouse gets a facelift.

She said that the State Government approved the operation of an 800-capacity 2-storey building, a modern hostel, and a caller schoolroom artifact with a ground-floor library, arsenic good arsenic a 20,000-litre overhead vessel and a dual-capacity borehole.

We are successful dire request of a coaster autobus truthful that we would not suffer our accreditation, arsenic that’s portion of the request for afloat accreditation. There is besides the request to reconstruct lasting star vigor proviso to heighten world activities successful the College.”

The authorities commissioner for Health, Dr. Moses Ekuma represented by the imperishable secretary, Dr. Lawrence Ezeogo said that the authorities authorities is embarking connected improved healthcare programmes aimed astatine providing affordable healthcare systems successful the state.

He said that the programme would beryllium achieved done concern successful modern infrastructure, employment of aesculapian personnel, improved payment and remuneration packages for wellness workers and effectual policies that marque the healthcare assemblage much charismatic to professionals.

He commended the provost and the full absorption for optimal show which has brought humble accomplishments successful the assemblage adding that a batch has been done wrong a abbreviated play of time.

“While the Provost work her address, she talked astir solar, she talked astir power, she talked astir the coaster bus, and she talked astir the staff. I noted it and we shall attack His Excellency with this fantastic request.

“Most importantly, 1 of the things we shall beryllium capable to bash successful Ministry of Health without truly applying for it, is secondment. We are going to station much unit to this fantastic college.”