Governor Nasir Idris Kauran Gwandu of Kebbi State has approved permanent employment for 233 casual staff working in the health sector in the state.
The approval fulfilled his promise during a BBC Hausa programme, “A Fada Acika,” when a casual worker from Sir Yahaya Memorial Hospital, Birnin Kebbi, pleaded for the regularisation of employment of casual staff in the civil service.
The state commissioner for Health, Comrade Yunusa Musa Ismail, announced this yesterday in his office at Gwadangaji Secretariat in Birnin Kebbi where he presented the permanent employment letters on behalf of the governor to the absorbed workers.
Yunusa added that the process was approved by the governor, culminating in the issuance of permanent offers to 233 staff members of Sir Yahaya Memorial Hospital, Birnin Kebbi, and Kebbi Medical Centre, Kalgo.
He recalled that on January 1st of this year, Governor Nasir Idris was the Special Guest at an interactive session on the BBC Hausa program ‘A Fada Acika,’ where he made such a promise.
He said,’’ Today, His Excellency comrade Dr Nasir Idris Kauran Gwandu, the executive governor of Kebbi State, has fulfilled his promise by regularising the employment of casual workers”.
He noted that the committee screened 233 casual staff, 138 from Sir Yahaya Memorial Hospital and 98 from Kebbi Medical Center, Kalgo, successfully earning permanent employment.
