The Ekiti State Government has commenced the distribution of appointment letters to 1,522 newly recruited junior healthcare workers as part of efforts to address manpower shortages and improve service delivery across primary healthcare centres.
The Chairman of the Ekiti State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Funke Ogunbunmi, disclosed this in a statement issued in Ado Ekiti on Sunday, saying the recruitment would strengthen healthcare delivery at the grassroots.
Ogunbunmi described the exercise as “a significant intervention to address manpower shortages and improve essential healthcare services at the grassroots.”
She commended Governor Biodun Oyebanji for approving the recruitment, noting that the initiative reflected his administration’s commitment to improving access to quality healthcare across the state.
“The recruitment reflects the governor’s commitment to strengthening primary healthcare facilities and ensuring access to quality medical services in all communities,” she said.
The agency chairman stressed that adequate staffing remained critical to building an accessible and efficient healthcare system, adding that the newly employed personnel would improve the capacity of frontline facilities to respond to residents’ medical needs.
“Adequate staffing is essential to building a functional, responsive and accessible healthcare system. The new personnel will improve operational efficiency and enhance the capacity of frontline health facilities to meet residents’ healthcare needs,” Ogunbunmi stated.
She explained that the appointment letters were being issued to successful applicants in three categories: Laboratory Assistants, Health Assistants and Health Attendants.
According to her, the distribution exercise began on Wednesday, October 28, at the agency’s registry in Ado Ekiti and would end on Tuesday, November 3.
Ogunbunmi said the 1,522 successful candidates were being attended to in batches of 300 daily to ensure an orderly collection and verification process.
She directed the recruits to visit the registry from 10am on their designated dates with the original copies of their credentials for verification.
The agency explained that appointment letters would only be released after the required documents had been authenticated.
It consequently advised successful applicants to check the published list and comply with the stipulated requirements to facilitate the collection of their appointment letters.
