Jigawa State Governor Umar Namadi says his administration has recruited 5,588 teachers, health workers, and other professionals to enhance quality service delivery in the state.

Namadi stated this while presenting a letter of appointment to the workers in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital, on Tuesday, May 28, 2024.

He said the state government engaged 3,143 teachers, 2,445 health workers, and other professionals to fast track implementation of its 12-point agenda.

The gesture, the governor said, was part of his administration’s efforts toward improving quality service delivery in the education, health and agricultural sectors.

Namadi stated: “In our commitment to the fulfilment of our campaign promises for the implementation of our 12-point agenda, we also recruited a total of 1,440 agricultural extension workers under the J-Agro programme and 1,005 junior and senior health personnel.

“The unprecedented mass recruitment ever in the state will bridge the unemployment gaps in teaching and medical services.

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“Our 12-point agenda is designed to make Jigawa State great through the provision of access to quality education for all children, and to achieve this, we must bridge our teacher gap.

“That is why we employ this number now, and we will continue doing this until we have teachers in every classroom.”

Governor Namadi said his administration also sponsored over 120 students to study medicine in Cyprus and India and embarked on N5.5 billion School of Nursing and Midwifery, Hadejia project.

This, he said, was in addition to the establishment of three tertiary health institutions in the state.

According to Namadi, agriculture is one of the key sectors in the 12-point agenda, which seeks to provide employment, enhance job creation, eradicate poverty and promote food security, to build resilient and sustainable economic development.

Also speaking at the event, the Chairman of State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Prof. Haruna Umar, said the newly employed teachers served as temporary staff for two years under the state government programme tagged, ‘J-Teach’, before their eventual absorption into the mainstream civil service.

Umar said the teachers were recruited on merit, adding: “They are capable of giving sound education to their students.”

The Star