Bauchi state first Lady, Hajia Aisha Bala Mohammed has pledged to contribute towards reducing the menace of maternal mortality and child morbidity in the state through massive awareness.
Hajia Mohammed who expressed concern about the rate of maternal and child morbidity in the state, said all hands must be on desk to address the issue.
The wife of the governor made the pledge on Thursday at the venue of matriculation and graduation ceremony of students of Bauchi state College of Nursing and Midwifery.
On her part, the Provost of the College, Hajia Rakiya Saleh said already most of the graduating students have been indexed with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Hajiya Saleh who explained that the college is matriculating its 2nd set of student nurses (set 2018), 71 in number added that most of them have already been indexed with the council.
“Matriculation is indeed an important ceremony in the life of every tertiary institution. With this, every matriculated student is entitled to all rights and privileges recognized by the college.” She said.
The Provost recalled that the College was established by the state government in January, 2011 to offer courses of study in Nursing and Midwifery in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Regulation.
On the approval to commence Community Midwifery Programme, Hajiya Rakiya Saleh expressed confidence that the present administration will provide all the necessary logistics for it to become a reality.
According to her, there are some challenges to be surmounted as the college now has increased indexing capacity which translates into the need for additional conductive facilities, especially provision of students accommodation and completion of the ongoing projects in the college.
“It is to be noted that this landmark achievement was recorded under the able leadership of His Excellency, Governor Bala Mohammed. In the same vain, we wish to extend our appreciation to the Governor and other stakeholders for their assistance and support in seeing to the successful continuity of the college.”
