Zulum bags Nurse-Friendly Governor Award

Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has been honoured with the prestigious Nurse-Friendly Governor Award at the Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Conference in Abuja.

The conference, themed, ‘Towards excellence: Nurses and midwives working together towards excellence in practice, education and regulation’, was attended by delegates from several Commonwealth countries.

The President, Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Federation (CNMF), Prof Kathleen McCourt, lauded Zulum for his outstanding service to humanity, particularly his housing schemes for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and extensive investments in health infrastructure.

She noted that the governor’s hands-on approach to restoring dignity to vulnerable populations has set a benchmark for leadership across the Commonwealth.

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Zulum, among many other projects, constructed and established Colleges of Nursing in the northern and central parts of Borno State.

According to the organisers, Zulum executed 120 projects in his first 100 days. 326 physical projects in the first year, over 500 in his second year, about 800 in his third year and around 1,500 physical projects in his seventh year.

Zulum was represented by the Chief Medical Director of the State Hospital Management Board, Prof Abubakar Kullima, accompanied by the Senior Technical Assistant on Print and Digital Communications to the governor, Abdurrahman Ahmed Bundi.

Other governors who received the award included those of Nasarawa, Sokoto, Kebbi, Bayelsa, Adamawa, Lagos, Katsina, Plateaue, Anambra and Akwa-Ibom states.

Earlier, the President, National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Haruna Mamman, explained that the governors were selected for the award, following careful assessment based on the criteria approved by the NANNM.