{"id":72514,"date":"2025-08-07T12:49:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T12:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=72514"},"modified":"2025-08-07T12:49:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T12:49:53","slug":"abia-govt-to-close-health-recruitment-portal-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/07\/abia-govt-to-close-health-recruitment-portal-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Abia Govt to Close Health Recruitment Portal Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Omoniyi David<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Abia State Government has announced plans to close its healthcare recruitment portal next week and has called on qualified professionals to submit their applications before the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing recruitment is aimed at strengthening the state\u2019s health sector and addressing unemployment.<\/p>\n<p>Available positions include Nursing Officers, Medical Laboratory Scientists, Physiotherapists, Mental Health Technologists, Radiographers, Optometrists, Pharmacists, and Medical\/Dental Officers.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, disclosed that the state has received 1,604 applications so far.<\/p>\n<p>He encouraged more eligible candidates to take advantage of the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Kanu also highlighted progress in Project Ekwueme, a state initiative focused on revitalizing Primary Health Centres (PHCs).<\/p>\n<p>According to him, 17 PHCs have been fully equipped and are operational, while several others remain under construction.<\/p>\n<p>In the creative sector, the commissioner applauded recent strides by the Ministry of Arts, Culture, and Creative Economy, particularly through the Beyond Creativity Talent Hunt.<\/p>\n<p>One of the notable achievements is a Guinness World Record attempt by Abia-born artist Nuel Geoffrey, who painted 275 faces in one hour, surpassing the previous record of 217.<\/p>\n<p>The state is currently awaiting official confirmation from Guinness World Records.<\/p>\n<p>Kanu commended Governor Alex Otti for his support of the creative industry and disclosed that the ministry is developing a cultural and tourism guide.<\/p>\n<p>The guide will feature a calendar of festivals, heritage sites, licensed hotels, and key tourist attractions across the state.<\/p>\n<p>Also speaking, Commissioner for Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Mr. Mathew Ekwuribe, said the Beyond Creativity Talent Hunt was designed to spotlight Abia\u2019s rich creative potential.<\/p>\n<p>He confirmed that the ministry is compiling a comprehensive record of all cultural events and carnivals to provide tourists with year-round guidance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Omoniyi David The Abia State Government has announced plans to close its healthcare recruitment portal next week and has called on qualified professionals to submit their applications before the deadline. The ongoing recruitment is aimed at strengthening the state\u2019s health sector and addressing unemployment. Available positions include Nursing Officers, Medical Laboratory Scientists, Physiotherapists, Mental [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":72515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[184,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72516,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72514\/revisions\/72516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}