The Katsina State Government says it has directed the deployment of adequate security in all the general hospitals in the state, especially in the frontline areas.
The Commissioner forķ Health, Alhaji Musa Adamu-Funtua disclosed this during an interactive session with newsmen in Katsina on Tuesday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the government’s action followed the announcement by health workers in the state to withdraw their services from January 30.
The Chairman, state chapter of the National Association of Nurses and Midwives, Mr Nura Mu’azu had disclosed their demands during a press conference.
Mu’azu said their demands included the immediate provision of “robust security” in all the hospitals in Batsari, Danmusa, Kankara, Jibia, Dutsin-ma, Musawa, Malumfashi, Funtua, and Batagarawa.
According to him, the association is also demanding immediate measures to ensure the safe release of their colleague and others held in captivity by bandits.
“The association also demanded the immediate compensation to their members who were subjected to one loss or the other in the line of duty due to insecurity.
“We’re also demanding better remuneration to attract more health workers for better healthcare delivery,” he said.
Adamu-Funtua further said that an emergency security meeting was recently held with Gov. Dikko Radda and other stakeholders to initiate proactive measures.
“Based on our meeting, the governor directed that for proactive measures, more security personnel be deployed to those areas.
“I believe that the action by the health workers was due to a communication gap.
“I have just finished meeting with them, and 85 per cent of their demands have been met.
“I assure you that as part of the proactive measures, there’s a full deployment of security across the local government areas, especially the frontline areas,” Adamu-Funtua said.
He argued that the government had identified the problems and taken drastic measures to ensure that the situation was no longer an issue.
The commissioner said that he had spoken with the General Manager of the Kankara General Hospital, who assured him that he had noticed the deployment of operatives, except in some areas.
“And I quickly communicated with the Commissioner for Internal Security for immediate measures to be taken.
“He assured me that there will be full deployment today (Tuesday) to those areas with no adequate security,” he said.
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