Following the noticeable shortage of healthcare workers across Nigerian public hospitals and the bureaucratic processes impeding the recruitment of workers, the Nigerian government has authorised the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to approve recruitment requests by qualifying health institutions.
This decision was taken at the Federal Executive Council (FEC), which the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Ali Pate, said will accelerate the hiring of healthcare workers and reduce delays.
Speaking at the FEC meeting Wednesday, Mr Pate explained that “the replacement of health workers that leave often takes a very long time because the waiver process takes several stages,” Vanguard Newspaper reports.
