Former governor of Kano State, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso has commissioned Nafisatu College of Nursing and Midwifery.
The college, located in Kwankwaso’s hometown, Kwankwaso village in Madobi Local Government area of Kano State is the first of its kind in the state and second in Nigeria, according to him.
The commissioning of the college was part of the 63rd birthday ceremony of Kwankwaso, who is the former senator representing Kano Central, senatorial district.
Speaking at the occasion on Monday, Kwankwaso said the establishment of the college, named after his mother, Nafisatu, was borne out of his desire for the people of the Local Government area to be involved in education, which according to him, is key to development.
He recalled that he developed the interest to establish the school back in 1992 when, as a Deputy Speaker, Federal House of Representatives, he visited the then Chief Whip, Wole Osun in his hometown in Ogun State.
Kwankwaso explained that the college is under the Kano State Ministry of Health and requires a lot of infrastructure.
He also stated that the school is currently restricted to admit the maximum of 50 students only, expressing hope that the institution would soon attain the level of admitting 100 students each for nursing and midwifery.
He also disclosed that the college is established under Kwankwasiyya Foundation and is not a profit-making institution, adding that “even if the profit comes, we are going to channel it to the foundation in order to uplift the life the needy and downtrodden in this village, state and the nation as a whole.”
Kwankwaso noted that the college would be used to support local midwives, also known as ungozoma in Hausa parlance, as well as health workers in the local government, who would go every nook and cranny to render medical services to all and sundry.
“Today is a historic day to me to witness my 63rd birthday and commission this project which had been planned since 1992. I am sure this institution will benefit not only people of this village or local government, but the whole nation,” Kwankwaso said as reported by
Earlier in his remarks, the provost of the college, Abdullahi Isma’il, said the institution had Ben well furnished and equipped.
He noted that conducive atmosphere of learning had been provided in the college, adding that it would help a lot in addressing the problem of maternal and infant mortality in the state.
He also states that efficient teachers had been provided, coupled with state-of-the-art equipment to give room for good practical aspects of learning in the school.
