Gom Mirian
The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has advised the Nigerian government to expand its training capacity for healthcare workers to meet both local and international demands.
Speaking during a visit to TETFund in Abuja, Governor Bala emphasised the importance of human capital development in addressing challenges of underdevelopment, poverty, and unemployment.
He said; “Go by what they want and produce more and be exporting and getting repatriation of monies coming back not only to Bauchi, but to the states, and that’s why we’re repositioning our schools for nursing, health technology and university to produce more doctors, since we are found to be competent.
“I think we should not be crying over spilt milk the more they need the more we should produce for our national need and their need and we need your support in that as well.”
While calling for support from TETFund for state-owned institutions, Bala noted that the institution will train technical manpower in critical fields such as agriculture, oil and gas, and vocational training.
On his part, the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc Sonny Echono, stressed the importance of the college as finding teachers on technical subjects at the basic level is a challenge, adding that the teachers and technicians produced in the institution will not be only for Bauchi, but the entire region.
