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The management of Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH), Makurdi, has announced the immediate engagement of fifty locum nurses in what appears to be an urgent move to shore up manpower at the state’s premier tertiary health facility.
In a statement released today and signed by the hospital’s Chief Information Officer, Tsenzughul Moses F., qualified nurses have been directed to report to either the Chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC) or the Head of Nursing Services between Monday, 24th November 2025, and Friday, 28th November 2025, for screening and immediate engagement.
No long talks, no endless advertisements, no six-month waiting period. Just show up with your papers and start work.
Anyone who has visited BSUTH in recent times knows why this is happening. Wards are overflowing, nurses are stretched beyond human limits, and patients sometimes wait hours for basic care because the few hands on ground are simply overwhelmed. The locum recruitment, while temporary, is clearly a stop-gap measure to ease the pressure before permanent appointments are made.
For hundreds of unemployed and underemployed nurses across the state, this is a lifeline. Many have been roaming the streets with licences and years of experience but no job. Some have resorted to private clinics with slave wages, others have left the profession entirely. This week, fifty of them get a second chance to wear the white uniform in a proper teaching hospital.
It’s not the complete solution; everyone knows BSUTH needs far more than fifty extra hands to function at optimal capacity, but it’s a bold, decisive step in the right direction. Quick action like this is what separates institutions that care about service delivery from those that drown in bureaucracy.
To the management of BSUTH, thank you for remembering that behind every staffing shortage are real patients fighting for their lives. Tothe nurses rushing to polish their CVs tonight, this is your moment. Go and take it.
Healthcare in Benue just got a small but significant breather. May this be the beginning of many more positive moves.
