The Miga Youth Development Association, of Miga Local Government Area in Jigawa State, has protested and rejected the list of the recent health personnel recruited by the state government.
The Youth Association also sent a petition and decried alleged insistent marginalisation and injustice to the people of the area in the employment by the Ministry of Health under the J-Health Scheme of the state government.
A petition addressed to the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Muhammad Abdullahi Kainuwa, and made available to the online Tribune in Dutse, the state capital, demanded quick action for justice to prevail.
The petition, titled “Petition in Respect of J-Health List Released on Friday, 28 February 2025,” jointly signed by the association’s chairman and secretary, Comrade Abubakar Ahmed Miga and Comrade Abdurrahid Ali Zareko, complained of filling the quota of the local government area (Miga) in the recent health personnel recruitment by the state government with non-indigenes.
The written complaint addressed to the Commissioner for Health noted that “we, the concerned citizens and workers of Miga Local Government, humbly submit this petition to bring to your notice these discrepancies in the recent release list of workers under the J-Health Scheme for each local government, where we observed that the list of Miga Local Government contained the names of some individuals from other local government areas, which is clearly an injustice.”
“Our complaint is in line with the Jigawa State government’s commitment to accountability, transparency, and good governance under Governor Malam Umar Namadi.”
According to the petitioners, what happened in the list of J-Health of Miga Local Government is contrary to the quota system of Governor Malam Umar Namadi’s transparent policy and justice of equality.
The association called on the commissioner and all other responsible officials involved to take action and resolve the matter by ensuring fairness and justice to the people of Miga Local Government Area without further delay.
When contacted, the Commissioner of Health, Dr Muhammad Abdullahi Kainuwa, dismissed the allegation of injustice to the people of the area in the health personnel recruitment.
The commissioner said the governor approved the recruitment of 1,000 health personnel under the J-Health Scheme, 30 people from each of the 30 state assembly constituencies in the state.
According to him, “the total number is 900. But the remaining 100 positions were shared between some disadvantaged local government areas, and Miga is one of them where they got the vacancy of 40 people instead of 30.”
“Selection and recruitment were done by a committee constituted by the state government, which comprised all stakeholders. This includes traditional and religious leaders, politically selected and appointed, professionals, and technocrats. They went round all the 27 government areas and conducted their assignments in accordance with the government guidelines.”
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