Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary HealthCare Development Agency, said the agency plans to employ 800 volunteers in community integrated healthcare services across the state’s 323 wards.
According to Mohammed, who spoke with the NAN in Bauchi on Tuesday, the volunteers will be paid a monthly stipend of N5,000 and will be in charge of delivering direct health services or making referrals to other health institutions.
The measure, according to the chairman, was part of a planned attempt to keep development partners’ primary healthcare concepts alive.
He went on to say that the federal government helped the state through the Save One Million Lives Program and the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund.
