Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf has granted automatic employment to the top-graduating nurses among the 35 recipients of practicing licenses from Nafisatu College of Nursing Sciences, Kwankwaso in Madobi Local Government Area.
Gatekeepers News reports that Governor Yusuf made the promise during the presentation of practising licenses to 35 graduands of the College by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, on Saturday.
The college was established by former governor Engr. Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso.
Deputy Governor, Comrade Aminu Abdulsalam, representing the Governor, expressed the government’s delight in the success of the college being the first private Nursing College in Northern Nigeria.
The governor praised the outstanding performance of the graduates and pledged that those achieving the best results would be offered automatic employment within the state’s healthcare facilities.
He also applauded Engr. Kwankwaso for his substantial contributions to education, recognizing his role in fostering positive change and development through educational investments.
“We are happy to be associated with our mentor. This is not the only College he has built in his capacity as a Nigerian citizen.
“There are other several Colleges built by Engr. Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso. That is why he has added to his title, Mr. Education; and you cannot take it away from him.
“We are proud to be associated with you (Kwankwaso). We are proud to be associated with the Keankwassiyya ideology. We pray that God will keep giving you the ability to keep showing us the way. And we thank you for adding value to our endeavours.”
In his remarks, Senator Kwankwaso who is also the National Leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), proprietor and founder of the College, expressed satisfaction at the performances of the students and the success recorded by the management of the College, established in 2019.
He said: “I thank God for the opportunity to perform this historic event. I congratulate all the students who have collected their practising licenses today.
“I commend the Provost and members of the staff of the institution for maintaining the standard. I encourage the students, staff and management of the College to keep moving. I am happy to see the graduands as qualified practicing nurses graduating from this College here in Kwankwaso community.”
In her vote of thanks, the Provost of the College, Hajiya Halima Muhammad Yunusa, appealed to the state government and well-to-do individuals, including corporate organizations to grant scholarships to brilliant, but poor students who have expressed willingness to study in the College.
According to her, “the school is now growing fast since its establishment in the year 2017, and utilization by 2019.
“I appeal to the state government and corporate organizations to give scholarship opportunities to the less privileged from the grassroots.”
