Borno state Governor, Kashim Shettima has said that his administration
has procured hospital equipment worth N1.06 Billion to improve
healthcare delivery system in the state. The Governor disclosed this
during a traditional Sallah courtesy visit by the Shehu of Borno, Dr.
Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Garbai Al-Amin El-Kanemi to the Maiduguri government
house.
"We are determined to change the face of Borno and rewrite its history
so that our people can go back to their communities for us to restore
their dignity.
Though we are poor, we still carry our poverty with
dignity. He will never allow our people to descend to sub-human level
and we are going rebuild Borno brick by brick In Sha Allah. We are going
to working assiduously to rekindle hope in our people. We are going to
invest in education, in job creation, in infrastructural development, in
gender empowerment, in girl child education and we will invest in
strengthening primary health care system. We got $1million donation from
General Electric of the United States and we said they should give the
money to UNICEF and they gave the money to them and I am glad to inform
you that we have taken possession of a substantial quantity of hospital
equipments enough to equip 60 primary healthcare centres in the state.
We also got grant of $1.5 million for 'Safe Life Initiative' of the
World Bank. This is a grant given to all states of the Federation and
further inflow of these funds is a function of judicious utilization of
what has been given to us now. We are traveling to China and India to
procure as many as possible equipment to reposition our healthcare
delivery system. We have bought equipment worth N1.06 Billion and it is
gratifying to know that some of these equipment have started coming.
Among them are x-Ray machines, scanners, 1000 hospital beds, industrial
washing machines for our hospitals, proper uniforms for Nurses and
theatre workers and other vital hospital equipment"he said
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