The chairman of the Yobe State Home of Assembly Standing Committee on Health, Kachalla Ajiya Maina, has expressed concern over stories of unprofessional behaviour exhibited by some health practitioners in public health amenities throughout the state.
The lawmaker raised the priority on Tuesday throughout the 2026 price range defence session for the Ministry of Health and its businesses earlier than the committee.
Maina described the rising complaints from sufferers and their kinfolk, particularly on the State Specialist Hospital, Damaturu, concerning neglect, harassment, and different misconduct by some health workers, as worrisome and unacceptable.
The chairman known as on the Hospital Administration Board to analyze the sequence of complaints and guarantee disciplinary motion is taken in opposition to erring personnel.
The Govt Secretary of the Yobe State Hospital Administration Board, Dr Abubakar Yerima, assured the committee that the board will totally study the matter and supply a long-lasting and correct answer.
He famous that unhealthy behaviour within the health career contradicts medical skilled ethics, including that the board won’t permit a couple of people with ingrained unhealthy habits to tarnish the picture of the medical career.
Dr Yerima additional said that, henceforth, the company, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, will be certain that any undisciplined health practitioner is just not employed in any health facility within the state, as a safety measure to handle the issue at its supply.
