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COLLEGE OF NURSING SCIENCES OBOHIA NDOKI GETS NEW REGISTRAR

…as College Founder pledges to bridge manpower shortfall

The College of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences Obohia Ndoki Ukwa East Local Government Area of Abia State, has appointed a Human Resource expert, Journalist, Author and Public Affairs Analyst Aluu Vincent, its new Registrar.

Announcing the appointment, the Founder and Chairman, Governing Council of the School, Dr. Godwin Umontuen, said the appointment was in line with the College vision to reposition itself, provide world class nursing education, and take a share of the global effort to develop middle level nursing, midwifery and other medical manpower resources.

The Onna born entrepreneur, said the new Registrar, was carefully selected given his wealth of educational attainment, requisite work experience. He urged the new Registrar to use his wealth of experience to contribute to the actualisation of the mandate of the College to develop a globally acceptable nursing and Midwifery manpower.

Vincent, a University of Calabar graduate of Policy and Administrative Studies, has a Master Degree in Human Resources, another Master Degree in public administration, a post graduate diploma in Journalism and presently awaits a PhD in public administration from the University of Uyo. He has over 16 years work experience cut across banking, government, journalism, digital economy, human resources, education, research and documentation, among others. He has served as media Consultant to top public officials and firms within Akwa Ibom and environs.

Dr. Umontuen also
pledged the preparedness of the College to assist in bridging manpower shortfall in the medical sector by producing well trained medical resources.

He noted that Nigeria as of today has a nurse-to-patient-ratio of one nurse to about 1,160 patients compared to the World Health Organisation recommendation of one nurse to five patients. He added that with nearly a quarter of a billion people, most Nigerians will not get to see a doctor or even a qualified healthcare worker when they need one.

“Without health workers, no health system can function, and improving health service coverage and attaining the highest possible standard of health is dependent on the availability, accessibility, acceptability, and quality of the health workforce.The shortage and inequitable distribution of appropriate cadres of the health workforce is a fundamental barrier to access to essential health care services where they are most needed.This is where College of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences Obohia Ndoki comes in. We are determined to bridge this gap and ensure adequate health care manpower supply all year round”, he pledged.

Dr. Umontuen, who is also the founder of Maurid Polytechnic Mbaiso in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, called for more deliberate funding and provision of infrastructure to reduce the ratio.