The Kano State government, in its efforts to select competent individuals from across the state for inclusion in the healthcare system to improve service delivery, has inaugurated the Health Fellows Programme Selection Committee (HFPSC). This committee is aimed at boosting healthcare delivery in the state.
Speaking at the inauguration, the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, emphasized that the program marks a pivotal step in the health sector reform undertaken by the state government.
According to him, “The initiative focuses on equipping emerging professionals with advanced leadership skills, fostering capacity building, and driving service excellence to enhance the healthcare system of the state.”
Dr. Labaran highlighted that the goal is to develop future healthcare leaders through professional training and field engagement, enhance service delivery capabilities across disciplines including medicine, IT, social sciences, and finance, and recruit top talent from all 44 local government areas of the state to drive health sector transformation.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Information Officer of the Ministry of Health, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, a copy of which was made available to the press on Thursday in Kano.
The Commissioner added that “It is a transformative initiative designed to build healthcare capacity at the grassroots level, ensuring sustainable health sector reforms and improving access to quality care for all the people of the state.”
Dr. Labaran also noted that the committee is significant because it will ensure transparency, merit-based, and all-inclusive selection processes for health fellows, who will play pivotal roles in advancing the healthcare system. He mentioned that the selection of committee members was based on merit and a track record of dedication to the task at hand.
He urged the committee to work assiduously to help Kano identify such talents, enroll, mentor, and teach them in order to improve their capacities, which will ultimately make the system more robust and standardized.
The committee has the State Coordinator of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Mayana Sanusi Abubakar, as chairman, while the State Coordinator for the Sector-Wide Approach Project, Dr. Nura Abubakar, will serve as secretary.
Members include the Director of Public Health and Disease Control at the Ministry, Dr. Ibrahim Aliyu Gano; Chairman of Gaya LGA, Mahmud Tajo Gaya; Director of Planning for the Primary Healthcare Management Board, Aliyu Jinjiri Kiru; Dr. Musa Bello Muhammad from Malam Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital; and Dr. Sha’awa Mardiyya Sa’id from the Kano Emirate Committee on Health.
Earlier, the Chairman of the committee and State Coordinator for WHO, Dr. Mayana Sanusi Abubakar, on behalf of the WHO Country Representative, Dr. Kazadi Mulombo Walter, appreciated the Coordinating Minister of Health and the Kano State Commissioner for Health for the nomination.
He assured the Commissioner that the committee will discharge its responsibilities with due diligence, transparency, equity, and gender equality, to justify the confidence placed in them.
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