The Gombe State government has recruited 440 healthcare workers to reposition the health sector for improved performance.

This is contained in a statement signed by Ismaila Misili, a spokesman for the Government House, on Saturday.

He said the cadre recruited were 106 midwives, 213 Community Health Extension Workers (CHEW), and132 Junior Community Health Extension Workers (JCHEW) to be deployed to various primary healthcare facilities across the state.

“This is because the present administration of Governor Inuwa Yahaya believed that primary healthcare is the bedrock of the health system,” he said.

He explained that the present administration accorded high priority to the healthcare and well-being of the citizens, hence the massive investment in the sector.

Mr Misili said the recruitment was another major milestone in the history of the sector in the state, in addition to the recent commencement of housemanship at the specialist hospital and engagement of specialist consultants.

He said the commencement of residency training and the construction of a brand new College of Nursing and Midwifery in Gombe were all to improve the human resource for health capacity in the state. 

(NAN)