Kaduna govt to employ 9,000 health workers

The Kaduna State Government says it will recruit an additional 9,000 health personnel in the next five years.

The Kaduna State Commissioner for Information, Ahmed Maiyaki, disclosed this at a one-day media engagement meeting in Kaduna on Sunday, November 9, 2025.

Maiyaki said Governor Uba Sani recently gave the approval for the immediate recruitment of 1,800 health workers under various categories.

“This no-mean-feat will be replicated in the next five years, with a view to bolstering the state’s health workforce,” the commissioner stated.

Maiyaki said Sani has put the health sector on the front burner from 2023 to date, adding: “He has made health not as a priority but as a right for all the citizens of the state.

“He is leaving no stone unturned to ensure the realisation of this invaluable objective.

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“Universal health coverage is key to the Sani-led administration and he has ensured the health sector’s budget is well above the national average of 15 per cent.”

He stated that Sani had also massively improved the health workers’ salaries, hence attracting more health personnel to Kaduna State.

Maiyaki said: “Doctors and other health workers are now rushing back to the state’s health sector.

“Kaduna State is leading the 19 northern states in this direction.”

The commissioner urged journalists in Kaduna State to work tirelessly to facilitate health seeking behaviours by the residents of the state.

The Star