The Kano State Government has promised automatic employment to all its indigenes newly inducted into the medical profession.
146 graduating students of the Bayero University were inducted into the medical profession.
The Director-General, Kano State Hospital Management Board, Doctor Nasir Alhassan Kabo made this known during the induction ceremony at Mahmoud Tukur Theatre of the old campus of the university.
NewsSpecng gathered that out of the 146 inducted doctors, 19 are dentists, while 127 are medical doctors.
Kabo said the doctors will be employed into the civil service as house officers.
He also the state government had since been waiting for the young doctors to graduate and accommodate them into state healthcare services so as to boost their efforts of improving healthcare delivery.
On their part, the young doctors promised to take the challenges ahead and contribute to moving the country’s health sector forward.
Speaking shortly after the ceremony, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Sagir Adamu Abbas, said the doctors came at a time when their services are badly needed in the country.
He urged them to work hard in saving patients in the country.
Represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics), Professor Sani Muhammad Gumel, the VC expressed optimism that the doctor’s strike will soon come to an end.
The chairman, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Kano State chapter, Dr Usman Ali, urged the doctors to endure the challenges of the profession and put ahead from where they would stop.
