He made the promise at a reception in honour of the outgoing Registrar, Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, Dr Abubakar Faruk, at his compulsory 35th retirement service.
The governor described the lack of modern teaching and learning equipment in the state-owned health institutions as one of the major obstacles to achieving effective teaching in line with extant global best practices, hence the need to change the ugly trend.
His words: “We cannot continue with obsolete teaching equipment in our health training institutions when technology is moving fast in the area of digital and state-of-the-art equipment.
“Improving our health sector remains one of our top priorities, as it constitutes one of our nine-point smart agenda for the state,” Aliyu said.
He added that his administration had recruited over 800 nurses and midwives waiting for employment in the last nine years.
The move, according to him, is geared towards meeting the existing dire need for manpower in the state’s health sector for effective service delivery.
In his remarks, Umar highlighted some of the achievements recorded by the council under his watch.
He said 147,000 nurses and midwives had been produced in the eight years of his stewardship nationwide.
