OYO state government is training 270 individuals in community nursing and community midwifery with the intent to employ them afterwards to beef up health service provision in the community. Provost, Oyo State College of Nursing and Midwifery, Mrs Gbonjubola Owolabi, made the disclosure at the flag-off of the community nursing and community midwifery programmes and commissioning of a block of three classrooms in Ibadan. She stated that each local government and local council development area had sponsored four candidates each, including 50 that were children of community birth attendants. Mrs Owolabi said the college’s full accreditation status which culminated in the college admission’s quota increasing from 80 to 320 students per year, making the take-off of the community nursing and community midwifery programmes possible. Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, speaking through Dr Bashir Bello, the state’s Commissioner for Health at the occasion, said the state government’s resolve is qualitative healthcare delivery through production of adequate manpower from the state’s health institutions.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 03, 2021 00:45 UTC