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Graduate Nurses Carpets Plateau State Government.

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The Plateau state chapter of the University Graduates of Nursing Science Association (UGONSA) at its meeting  held today in Jos, the Plateau state capital, decried the maltreatment of Graduates of Nursing Science working in state owned hospitals and tertiary institutions.

Chairman of the meeting Mr. Mustapha Garba, UGONSA Public Relations Officer, Northern Region and a staff of Federal University Kashere, earlier thanked the state government for creating the enabling environment for its members to operate but was quick to point out that a lot needed to be done.

The meeting seriously frowned at how Graduate Nurses in Plateau state are being treated as second class citizens in the state, among issues that members raised included:

1. Re-engagement of retirees at the expense of fresh Graduate Nurses as lecturers. It was  observed that a whopping sum of #380,000;00 each retiree earned at college of Nursing can employ 3 graduates who are more productive as all the retirees level of productivity cannot be compared to a fresh youthful graduate. This situation had led the national body since 2016 to write to the executive Governor Simon Lalong but the letter got trapped by some powers that be along the way.

2. Turning down of Youth Corp members by the management of College of Nursing and Midwifery Vom who are posted to the school. 

3. The maltreatment of Nurses serving in Plateau state specialist hospital against other specialist is a thing of concern.

4. The gathering also frowned at the non inclusion of Nurses in the internship advertisement of last year and call for the plateau state government to impress on hospital management to immediately advertise.

5. The association also describe as unacceptable the non implementation of circulars from the Federal Ministry of Health on the proper placement of Graduate Nurses. 

6. Members also decried the and condemned the  exclusion of Nurses from the recent advert for interns in Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH). 

At the meeting also a committee was set up to see to the conduct of election to fill in positions of the state chapter. 

Members of the committee are:

1. Mr Dajwal Jidauna as chairman. From College of Nursing Vom.

2. Mrs Ubah Sandra from Government House Clinic - member.

3. Mr. Reuben Gwott - member from JUTH.

4. Mr.Kahan Barnabas - member from Plateau State Specialist Hospital.

5. Mr. Ndak Kizito - Secratary from Hospitals Management board Jos.


The association thanked it's members who have been of help to the association.

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