President Bola Tinubu has approved a nationwide recruitment drive targeting young Nigerians to bolster transparency and enhance efforts to revitalize the country’s health sector.
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, announced the initiative under the Presidential Health Fellows Programme in a broadcast on Monday.
The programme aims to improve health outcomes while addressing unemployment.
Prof. Pate revealed that a dedicated portal has been launched to recruit Health Fellows who will oversee the construction of 8,300 new primary healthcare facilities across the nation in the coming years.
He emphasized that the programme is open to young Nigerians from all Local Government Areas (LGAs) and forms part of broader efforts to strengthen the health sector.
The recruited fellows will act as accountability officers, ensuring the integrity and operational excellence of the new health facilities within their areas of responsibility.
The Minister stressed the importance of maintaining high standards throughout the construction and operation of these centers.
Prof. Pate encouraged qualified Nigerians to apply online at http://www.healthfellows.ng before the deadline of January 27, 2025.
He added that a state-level screening exercise will be conducted across all LGAs to select the most suitable candidates for the programme.
Newsworth24 reports that on assumption of officer, as part of his Four-Point Agenda to transform the nation’s healthcare system, Prof. Pate detailed plans to double the number of Federal Government Primary Health Centers (PHCs) from the current 8,300.
The agenda also includes training 120,000 frontline health workers and disbursing over ₦45 billion to PHCs through a revamped Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF), among other initiatives.
