Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, yesterday signed into law the Primary HealthCare Development Agency bill meant to regulate the activities of healthcare providers in the state.
Also yesterday, the governor signed into law a bill establishing the Edo State College of Nursing and Midwifery.
The governor said: “We have a bill establishing the Edo State College of Nursing and Midwifery and other matters.
“Although, we have a School of Nursing, but there were huge gaps and we checked all the records with the Ministry of Justice and there was no law formally establishing the institution, which raises legal issues about the status of the institution and we forwarded a draft bill to the House of Assembly to formally pass the bill to enable us, as it were, formally establish in law the School of Nursing and Midwifery.”
He noted that the school as an old institution, “has produced several nurses and midwives over the years and somehow there was no formal set up and as they say, better late than never.
“The School of Nursing was established many years ago and I think at the level of the Federal Ministry of Health, there are issues arising from the absence of enabling laws with regards to the School of Nursing and Midwifery in Edo State.
“Governor Oshiomhole lauded the role played by the Speaker of the House, Hon. Victor Odoror, the Deputy Speaker and other principal officers of the House “for passing the bill into law, which he said has somehow enriched ‘our institution’ and I now have the honour of formally signing the bill into law,” he said.
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