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| Gov Ganduje |
Assembly upgrades Kano School of Nursing to degree
awarding institution
awarding institution
The Kano State
House of Assembly has amended the law establishing the state College of Nursing
and Midwifery to enable it commence award of Degree, Diploma and Higher
National Diploma (HND).
Reading the bill before the house on Monday, the Majority Leader, Alhaji
Labaran Abdul-Madari said the college which has been awarding only certificates
will now be upgraded to award degrees and other certificates.
According to him, the law will also give the college the opportunity to admit
students with five credits, including Mathematics, English and Biology
especially those at the rural areas for one year training on nursing and
midwifery.
He explained that this will give students from rural areas opportunities to
have knowledge on nursing, so they can help reduce the rate of deaths during
birth in their areas.
Abdul-Madari revealed that after the one year training, the graduates will be
automatically employed by Local Government authorities to assist in boosting
healthcare service delivery in the state.
The house, after approving the report presented by its standing committee on
health and education, and considered it in the committee of the whole approved
the amendment of the law.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that also during plenary presided by
speaker, Alhaji Abdulazeez Garba-Gafasa, a bill for the establishment of Kano
State Drugs and Substance Abuse Management 2019, scaled second reading.(NAN)
House of Assembly has amended the law establishing the state College of Nursing
and Midwifery to enable it commence award of Degree, Diploma and Higher
National Diploma (HND).
Reading the bill before the house on Monday, the Majority Leader, Alhaji
Labaran Abdul-Madari said the college which has been awarding only certificates
will now be upgraded to award degrees and other certificates.
According to him, the law will also give the college the opportunity to admit
students with five credits, including Mathematics, English and Biology
especially those at the rural areas for one year training on nursing and
midwifery.
He explained that this will give students from rural areas opportunities to
have knowledge on nursing, so they can help reduce the rate of deaths during
birth in their areas.
Abdul-Madari revealed that after the one year training, the graduates will be
automatically employed by Local Government authorities to assist in boosting
healthcare service delivery in the state.
The house, after approving the report presented by its standing committee on
health and education, and considered it in the committee of the whole approved
the amendment of the law.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that also during plenary presided by
speaker, Alhaji Abdulazeez Garba-Gafasa, a bill for the establishment of Kano
State Drugs and Substance Abuse Management 2019, scaled second reading.(NAN)