In its bid to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and contribute to the speedy attainment of third Sustainable Development Goal (SDG-3), the Katsina State Government recruited 1020 Primary Health Care Workers to address the critical shortage of Human Resource for Health in the state. The process began with the establishment of a committee by His Excellency, mandating the State Primary Health Care Agency leadership to work closely with the committee to recruit 1020 PHC staff by prioritizing candidates who served the state in ad hoc capacity for many years.

Following advertisement for the recruitment, we received 9045 applications involving four primary cadres of health care workers: CHEW, JCHEW, Community Midwives, and Midwives. The total applicant pool was significantly narrowed down due to significant number of duplicate entries observed. Candidates were passed through a merit based, rigorous selection process involving screening examination and physical interviews.

To ensure fairness in the selection process there was no external interference in the exercise. The entire process was computerized to eliminate errors. Record of the processes are available in a secure repository for reference purpose.