Abia Govt To Engage 50 More Nurses

Abia State commissioner for Health, Enoch Uche, says the government has approved the engagement of 50 additional nurses to the 500 it employed recently to strengthen its health care delivery service.

Uche announced this during a joint capping ceremony of the 2024 and 2025 sets of nursing and midwifery students of the State College of Nursing Sciences in Umuahia, the state capital.

Represented by the permanent secretary of the ministry, Ifeyinwa Uma Kalu, he charged the students to always  remember that the cap comes with great responsibility to themselves, their families, and the society.

In her address earlier, the provost of the college, Amarachi Okorie, said the ceremony is a time-honored tradition that signifies transition from theoretical knowledge to clinical practice.

While congratulating the students, she noted that the college remains poised in providing a learning environment that fosters discipline, critical thinking,  and professional integrity.

She thanked the government for the upgrade of the college’s facilities and strengthening of the curriculum to align with regulatory standards, charging the students to strive for excellence,  discipline and character.

‎Similarly, the State director of Nursing Services, Charity Ekwuribe, reminded the students that nursing and midwifery are disciplined and respected professions, and urged them to shun all forms of social vices.

‎Speaking to LEADERSHIP, one of the students, Susan Ike thanked God and her patents for guiding and their support for her, assuring that she would put the knowledge to utmost use of humankind.

‎The event attracted the presence of stakeholders in the health sector, featured a keynote address delivered by Onyeka Chigbu on the theme: “Caring with empathy and knowledge,” and capping of the students.