President Bola Tinubu has granted automatic employment to 774 fellows of the national health programme.
The President stated this while speaking at the presidential launch of the programme in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
Addressing the young fellows tasked with monitoring primary healthcare centres across all 774 local government areas, President Tinubu declared, them hired, pledging employment after their one-year tenure.
Thursday’s announcement came after the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Ali Pate urged Federal, State, and Local governments to integrate the fellows into the workforce to support universal health coverage.
The national health fellows scheme is designed to drive meaningful change with innovation in the health sector, with the fellows selected on merit-based criteria from over 359,000 applicants.