Jami’ar Abuja (UniAbuja) ta samu tallafin Naira biliyan 4 (N4bn) ƙarƙashin shirin Special Intervention for Health Professions (SHIP) na 2026, wani muhimmin zuba jari da aka tsara domin magance matsanancin ƙarancin ƙwararrun ma’aikatan lafiya a Najeriya.
Tallafin, wanda Ma’aikatar Ilimi ta Tarayya da TETFund suka haɗa kai wajen bayarwa, zai bai wa UniAbuja damar faɗaɗa bangarorin Magunguna (Medicine), Jinya (Nursing), Hakoran Baki (Dentistry), da Pharmacy.
A cikin shirye-shiryen da aka tanada akwai gina sabbin dakunan karatu na zamani, inganta dakunan gwaje-gwaje, da sayen ingantattun kayayyakin aikin likitanci.
Ana sa ran wannan zai ƙarfafa kayayyakin more rayuwar jami’ar tare da ba ta damar samun amincewa don ƙara yawan ɗaliban da take karɓa, domin bunƙasa yawan ma’aikatan lafiya a ƙasar.
UniAbuja ta fito a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin jami’o’i shida da aka zaɓa a faɗin ƙasar, bayan kammala wani tsauraran matakan tantancewa.
Mataimakin Shugaban Jami’ar, Farfesa Hakeem Babatunde Fawehinmi, ya bayyana tallafin a matsayin wani muhimmin ci gaba da zai “ba ɗalibai ƙwarewar da ta dace da aikin kiwon lafiya na zamani” tare da taimakawa wajen rage ƙauracewar ƙwararru (brain drain) ta hanyar inganta horo a cikin gida.
Haka nan, Shugaban Kwalejin Kimiyyar Lafiya, Farfesa Titus Ibekwe, wanda ya jagoranci neman tallafin, ya jaddada tasirinsa ga yawan ɗaliban da za a riƙa karɓa.
“Tsawon shekaru, muna tilasta ƙin karɓar hazikan ɗalibai saboda ƙarancin kaso (quota). Da wannan tallafi, a ƙarshe za mu iya buɗe ƙofofinmu ga ƙarin matasan Najeriya don su bi karatun likitanci, jinya da pharmacy,” in ji shi.
Jami’an Ma’aikatar Ilimi ta Tarayya ma sun jaddada muhimmancin shirin ga ƙasa baki ɗaya.
Wani kakakin ma’aikatar ya ce, “Najeriya ba za ta iya ci gaba da rasa basira zuwa ƙasashen waje ba. Ta hanyar zuba jari a cibiyoyi irin UniAbuja, muna gina ƙarfi a cikin gida tare da rage ƙauracewar ƙwararru.”
