The Oyo State House of Assembly has appealed to the state governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde to grant the state School of Midwifery, Kisi full autonomy for enhanced efficiency and effectiveness.
The appeal was contained in a motion moved by the House Minority Leader and lawmaker representing Irepo/Olorunsogo state constituency, Hon. Waliu Salami at the plenary on Wednesday.
In the motion tagged “Need to Consider and Graciously Approve Oyo State School of Basic Midwifery, Kisi, as an Autonomous and Full Fledge Institution’, Hon Salami explained that available facilities and infrastructures at the institution in Kisi is enough to justify the call to grant the school the required full autonomy.
The APC lawmaker disclosed that since inception, the College has trained hundreds of qualified nurses and midwives in Nigeria to fill the medical personnel gaps experienced in the health sector.
“Further aware that since the inception of Oyo state school of Basic Midwifery, Kisi the school has graduated qualified and employable sets of graduates as midwives, making the state proud professionally in places of work nationwide and globally.
“The school trained midwives students of Oyo State College of Nursing and Midwifery with qualified personnel. It is therefore justifiable that with the presence of the facilities and infrastructure on ground, the School of Basic Midwifery, Kisi has what it takes to be an autonomous and full-fledged medical institution,” Hon. Salami said.
After further deliberation on the motion, the House through the Speaker, Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin, urged the executive arm of government to put necessary machineries in place for the full full autonomy of the institution.
“Urge the executive arm of government through the Ministry of Health and Oyo State School of Nursing and Midwifery, Eleyele to put necessary machinery in place for the metamorphosis of Oyo State School of Basic Midwifery, Kisi into an autonomous and full-fledged medical institution in continuation of the institution’s efforts at providing qualified and employable medical personnel in the state and country at large.”
