The federal government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the National Hospital and four private institutions to enhance capacity of healthcare workforce.
These institutions are the Nile University, Cosmopolitan University, Yangongwo College of Nursing Sciences and, Concerned Medix Foundation.
Speaking weekend at the signing ceremony, the coordinating Minister of Health & Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, stated that the signing of the MoU with the National Hospital, Abuja; aligns with the policy of the present administration to expand training capacities.
Prof. Pate further asserted that it is a testament of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s commitment to expand training of health workers, fill the gaps created by those who left and, sticking to maintaining standards through the Regulatory and Professional Schools Division of Hospital Services Department of the Ministry.
He stated that it has a duty to provide solutions to multitude of challenges, whether it is infrastructure, equipment or human capital development, adding that, it is because Nigerian health workers are well trained that they are attractive to other countries.
Professor Pate appreciated the fact that they are well-trained and, “we are very proud of them. If we weren’t training them, they wouldn’t have been attractive to other countries.
Unfortunately, that has implications on the service delivery at home. So as a government, we took a progressive stance to say, look, let’s train more.”