No fewer than 321 medical and health personnel has been employed by the Ogun State Hospitals Management Board (HMB) in the last two years, to beef up the existing health workforce, the Ogun state government has said.
The Permanent Secretary, Hospitals Management Board, Dr. Yinka Elemide, stated this during the confirmation exercise held at the Board’s Conference Room in Abeokuta.
He said 174 of the personnel were in the senior staff cadre, while those in the junior staff cadre were 147, to render efficient healthcare services to the people.
Represented by the Director of Administration and Supplies of the Board, Olumuyiwa Ojo, the he said the officers whose appointments were considered for confirmation by the board had stayed in the service for more than two years with four progress evaluation reports with no adverse report.
Speaking with journalists after the confirmation exercise, the duo of Dr. Adegeye Eweje and Dr. Omowunmi Moibi from General Hospital, Ikenne, appreciated the government for finding their service worthy, saying that they will contribute their quota to the health needs of the state.
