No fewer than 83 health workers have been kidnapped by bandits in the last eight years in Katsina state.
Comrade Mannir Mohammed Suleiman, the state Chairman, Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria disclosed this at a dinner organized in honour of Dr Shamsuddeen Yahaya on his reappointment as the Executive Secretary of the state Primary Health Care Agency in Katsina.
The incidents occurred between 2015 to date,he said,adding that of the number, 65 were released after payment of ransom, while 16 others health personnels were killed.
He added that,of the number, one person escaped with bullet wound, while one other person is no where to be found in the last four years.
He implored the state government to review the health workers staff register and welfare, particularly in the frontline local government areas with high challenges of insecurity both day and night.
