Governor offers automatic employment to 156 Yobe nursing college graduates

Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni has offered automatic employment to the recently graduated students of the Shehu Sule College of Nursing and Midwifery, Damaturu, the state capital.

Buni approved the employment at the graduation of nurses/midwives and the launch of a magazine in Damaturu on Tuesday, April 7, 2026.

The approval followed a request made by the college’s outgoing Provost, Hadiza Sabo.

Speaking at the event, the governor noted that no fewer than 3,500 healthcare workers were recruited by the Yobe State Government in recent years.

He said successive graduates of the college were among the major beneficiaries of the recruitment aimed at providing adequate, qualified and professional manpower to health facilities across the state.

The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Idi Gubana, said his administration invested in the health sector to provide functional, efficient, and effective healthcare services at the doorsteps of the people.

Buni said: “This government believes in the saying that the first line of wealth is a healthy citizenry.

“I am equally pleased to observe with a sense of satisfaction that our investments in this institution to improve our personnel needs in health facilities across the state, in line with the reforms initiated by our administration in the health sector, is yielding positive results.

“Therefore, our investments in this college have no doubt proven worthy, profitable and beneficial to the people of Yobe State.”

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He commended Sabo for leading a management team that set a high standard of academic excellence at the college, saying she made him proud.

The governor promised to look into other requests made by the college and address them accordingly.

Buni advised the upcoming provost of the college to build on the successes recorded by Sabo.

In her remarks, Sabo said the state government had recruited 1,485 graduates produced by the college between 2022 and 2025.

She said: “From the year 2019, the college has trained a total number of 2,100.

“These graduates received automatic employment upon completion of their studies based on the state’s policy of employing nurses and midwives produced by the college.”

The provost thanked Buni for making development of the college a top priority of his administration.