The Governor of Lagos State, Mr.
Akinwunmi Ambode has said that nurses are well positioned to drive effective improvements
in the provision of quality care and attaining optimal patient and population
outcomes.
Ambode who stated this today while
declaring open the 2017 Nurses Week celebration at the Conference Hall of the
National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) in Ikeja noted that
the decisions that every nurse makes multiple times a day in practice can make
a vital difference in the efficiency of the health system.
The Governor who was represented by his Special
Adviser on Primary Health Care, Dr. Olufemi Onanuga added that nursing as a
career is not just a backbreaking job but a vocation that requires a lifetime
of sacrifice, compassion and love.
“I therefore want to appreciate all
nurses and midwives for the commitment and compassion with which you have
continued to discharge your responsibility to humanity. It is not your
hard-earned license that has made you a nurse, it is your compassion and hard
work which no award or accolade can qualify”, he said.
Ambode stressed that nurses as professionals
in the health sector have an important role to play in ensuring that the
required standard for implementation of the Lagos State health services
delivery is upheld to facilitate the achievement of the United Nations’
sustainable development goals.
The Governor while assuring nurses of
his administration’s commitment to the provision of enabling environment for
quality service delivery and their welfare stated that the Lagos State
government n will reward excellent performance to encourage greater commitment
and dedication.
“I congratulate you on this year’s
celebration and urge you all to continue the remarkable job you have been
doing”, he said.
Earlier in his welcome address, the
Chairman NANNM, Lagos State Council, Mr. Olurotimi Awojide thanked the Governor
for being passionate about the welfare of workers especially nurses acknowledging
that the approval of internship programme, unified scheme of services as well
as lateral conversion for nurses received the support of the Lagos State
Government.
“The Lagos State government also
approved the mass employment of nurses which was last done in 2003 while
construction of a befitting student nurse hostel at the Lagos State School of
Nursing, Igando is equally well appreciated”, he noted.
Awojide appealed to the State government
for urgent passage of the bill seeking to establish the Lagos State College of
Nursing; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Public Health and other connected
matter.
He stated also that NANNM have formally
requested for the implementation of Public Service Rule 150134 regarding the
payment of uniform allowance for nurses. He appealed to the Lagos State
government to implement the rule across all tiers without delay.
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