Cross River government has pleaded with newly graduated nursing students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) not to migrate abroad, saying the health sector was in dire need of their expertise. Henry Ayuk, the commissioner for Health, Cross River, made the appeal on Wednesday in Calabar during the Induction and Oath-taking of the 229 UNICAL graduands into the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event, the 10th edition, was a combination of 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 academic sessions.
Mr Ayuk said many nurses in the state's service would retire later in the year, adding it meant the state would employ new hands.
