—Urges Gov. Oborevwori to intervene
—-Says it’s unacceptable to make a non-Deltan provost of College of Nursing
—Underscores achievements of Igumbor
A medical group under the aegis of Nurses’Forum for Truth, Justice and Good Governance (NFTJGG) in Delta state, has called on the state governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori to intervene in the attack against on the state Director of Nursing Services, Mrs Gloria Igumbor from the office of the commissioner for Health.
The group had in a statement condemned the manner in which the office of the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joseph Onojeme has been unleashing attacks Mrs. Gloria Igumbor without justification.
According to the statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Comrade Nicholas Amadi “We are calling on the State Governor to urgently intervene in the face-off to prevent a disruption in the smooth administration of Nursing Services in the State.
“The Director who has been administering the Nursing services in that capacity for some years now, has raised the standard of training and practice of that noble profession to an enviable height.
“Currently, Delta State is in the front row amongst the comity of States of the federation where Nursing institutions have been considered qualified for the upgrade of Schools of Nursing to full Colleges of Nursing Sciences.
“Mrs. Igumbor’s contributions to the upliftment of the training and production of qualified Nurses to standard and quality of nursing graduates from Delta State Nursing institutions have been highly competitive in the state.
“We can no longer accommodate the continued frosty relationship between the Commissioner and Director of Nursing Services, Mrs. Gloria Igumbor because it is adversely affecting the effective service delivery of that all-important sector in the state.
“Left unattended to, the situation is capable of degenerating to a level where the management of standard and quality of nursing services including the effective training of Nurses in our institutions would be adversely affected.
“We are, respectfully, calling on the Executive Governor, His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, to intervene in what is happening in the ministry with a view to forestalling a possible breakdown of effective nursing services in the State.
“It is even more worrisome that the situation has degenerated to a level where the Director has been subjected to manipulated media prosecution and conviction without fair hearing, with all manner of unproven allegations.
“This, we as a group believe, will not augur well for the sustenance and promotion of the high standard and quality service delivery already put in place by the Director over the years.”
The statement further alleged that the group is conversant with some of the questionable issues which have been the bone of contention in the ministry, adding that the recent purported unilateral redeployments carried out by the Commissioner, particularly the purported transfer of Mrs. Igumbor to State Agency for the Control of Aids, calls for the intervention of His Excellency.
The group however underscored its position clearly stating the following:
1.That the Commissioner has no locus standi to appoint one Mrs. Bassey Enobong Gloria, a non-Deltan from Akwa Ibom State as Provost of College of Nursing Science, Agbor.
2. That the commissioner can only make recommendation to the
Governor having hold consultations with the Director of Nursing
services of the State.
3. The appointment and recommendation to the Governor is the exclusive right of the Director of Nursing services who will pass
through the commissioner to the Governor for ratification.
4. It is expedient to mention that accreditation of colleges of Nursing
throughout the country and the department of Nursing in both
Federal and State Universities is purely a Nursing affair. Same is
applicable to Medical School
5. State universities and other tertiary institutions throughout the
country have implemented policies that reserved the overwhelming majority of places in each entering class to indigenes students and charge higher fees for non-indigenes.
6. Discriminatory practices vary considerably in nature and in their
impact upon non-indigene communities and therefore difficult to consider out of context. Using Kaduna, Kano, Plateau and Delta
State as a case study (Human right watch of Nov-Dec.2005
