Published Nov. 21 2024
By Willies Ugo, Gombe
The Primate of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, Henry Ndukuba, has appealed for support towards completing the Walter Miller College of Nursing and Midwifery Kaltungo, Gombe State.

The Primate made the appeal during the appeal fund launching of N500 million for the completion of the College and celebration of 25th anniversary of the Gombe Anglican Diocese.
Earlier in a press conference heralding the celebration of the Diocese 25th anniversary, Chairman of the anniversary publicity committee had told newsmen that over N700 million had already been expended in the construction of the new College which is expected to commence academic activities soon after the appeal fund launching.

However, Primate Ndukuba said while appealing for funds during the launching, that the vision of the Church was to bridge the gap in health personnel in the State and the region.
He told newsmen shortly after the launching that, “by the time the Lord gave us the vision to establish the college of Nursing and Midwifery the North-East, where we served, was one of the most dangerous place to give birth to a child because infant mortality was high and the number of women that die while giving birth was high”.

According to him, “We thought that one of the things the Church must do is, working with Government in order to take care of the people, because the Government may not do everything. So the church, religious organisations must partner with Government in order to provide for the people. That is how we came up with this vision”.
Ndukuba emphasized that, “our desire is that with this college of Nursing and Midwifery, we will raise people from the grassroots, sons and daughters of Gombe will be so qualified that they can not only work in Nigeria but in any part of the world.
“We call on Government and all the agencies that can help us to ensure that the college comes into full operation so that Gombe and the North-East will have a place to train not only skillfully, but professionally with the fear of God and improve healthcare.

“Originally, healthcare should not be priced or given to only those who can only pay the highest money. It should be a caring, compassionate mission and ministry.
“Our people are suffering and we can’t afford to close our eyes; let the rich, privileged in the society help, let the religious organisations help instead of fronting our wealth, driving big cars and fly in private jets, we should turn to the needs of the people, the best thing to do is to sow in the lives of the people”, he opined.


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