Jigawa Issues Over 6,000 Job Offers

By Mohammed Abubakar Dutse

As part of it’s efforts to boost its manpower and create meaningful employment to its citizens, the Jigawa state government has offered over 6000 people with permanent and pensionable employment.

A breakdown of the exercise cuts across at least three sectors including education, health and agriculture. In education, a total of 3, 233 graduates of it’s ad-hoc programme known as JTeach were offered employment while 149 graduates with first class degree were offered automatic employment to teach at the tertiary institutions and senior secondary schools across the state.

Governor Umar Namadi, who issued offer of employments to 3,143 permanent teachers and 2,445 other in the state, said it was in line with the administration’s commitment not only to generate employment but also expand the state manpower base.

Speaking during a grand occasion for the distribution of the employment offer held at Malam Aminu Kano Triangle Dutse, Namadi said, the mass employment was part of plans for the successful implementation of his 12-point agenda.

He explained that there is no government policy that could be fully and effectively implemented without enough trained and capable manpower.

“Our 12 point agenda designed to make Jigawa state great included access to quality education for all child in state, and to achieve this we must bridge our teachers gap, that is way we employed this number now and we will continue doing this untill we have teacher in every classroom.”

“In pursuing our goals on access to basic healthcare services for all citizens, tackling high rate of child and maternal mortality, creating healthy and happy society , this made us to send over 120 students to study medicine in Cyprus and India, launched construction of N5.5 billion School of Nursing and Midwifery and now issued offer of employment to 1,005 health workers”, including doctors and junior staff”.

“Agriculture is one of the key sector in our 12 point agenda, tergeted to provide employment,Jobs creation, poverty eradication, food security, building resilient and sustainable economic development “

“Promoting use of modern farming technology and making modern farm implements available and affordable to farmers are very indispensable in achieving the goals and in view of that today we are presenting offer of employment to 1,440 temporary Agricultural extension workers under our program known as J-Agro,” Namadi said.

Speaking at the occasion the Chairman Jigawa State Universal Basic Education Board, (SUBEB) Prof. Haruna Musa said, the teachers who served as temporary teachers for two years in the state were absorbed to permanent and pensionable after passing the required examination.

“All the 3,143 teachers were recruited based on merit and we are assured that, all of them are capable and they will give sound knowledge to our children.”

He however told the newly recruited staff that, the Board will keep monitoring them and will not be hesitant to sack any one who failed to abide by the employment rules as stated in the offer of employment.