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The Kebbi Executive Council has approved the rehabilitation of 7 wide hospitals crossed the authorities astatine a outgo of N4.05 billion.
Alhaji Junaidu Marshall, the State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, disclosed this portion briefing newsmen soon aft the council’s gathering held successful Birnin Kebbi connected Wednesday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the gathering was presided implicit by Gov. Nasir Idris.
Marshall said the support was portion of the authorities government’s committedness to improving healthcare transportation and ensuring that hospitals were adequately equipped to service the people.
He listed the benefiting hospitals to see those of; Kambaza, Suru, Kamba, Dirin-Daji, Kangiwa, Koko and Yauri.
“In summation to these, the Argungu General Hospital has already been rehabilitated and equipped with modern facilities to efficiently service the radical of the area.
“While different hospitals successful Zaga, Zuru, Bunza, Gulma, Bena, Jega, Shanga, and Sir Yahaya Memorial Hospital successful Birnin Kebbi are either completed oregon undergoing rehabilitation,” Marshall confirmed.
According to him, a full of 16 wide hospitals person been rehabilitated, on with the caller support of 7 hospitals nether the medication of Gov. Idris.
The attorney-general said the politician assured that earlier the extremity of his tenure, each 30 wide hospitals successful the authorities would beryllium rehabilitated and adequately equipped.
He besides announced that the assembly had approved the merchandise of N570 cardinal to the Kebbi Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (KECHEMA) for the registration of 45,000 susceptible persons nether the State Social Register.
“This means that each of the 225 wards successful the authorities volition registry astatine slightest 200 susceptible individuals.
“The effort volition spell a agelong mode successful advancing KECHEMA’s mandate of providing affordable healthcare for the poor,” helium said.
Marshall further disclosed that nether the World Bank IMPACT project, the authorities had provided its counterpart backing for the rehabilitation of 73 superior healthcare centres crossed the state.
“To complement that effort, the assembly has besides approved the rehabilitation of an further 42 superior healthcare centres crossed the section authorities areas successful enactment with nationalist standards,” helium said.
The council, helium said, besides approved N407.5 cardinal arsenic a take-off assistance for the Kebbi State Drugs, Medical and Consumables Agency, aimed astatine ensuring the availability of subsidised drugs successful the state.
Marshall appealed for the enactment and knowing of the people, assuring that the authorities remained committed to improving their surviving standards.
Earlier, the Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Dr Abba Sani-Kalgo, said the assembly besides approved the constitution of the Kebbi State Bureau of Statistics to supply reliable and verifiable information for effectual planning.
He said Gov. Idris had approved N900 cardinal arsenic take-off assistance for the bureau, adding that Prof. Umar Usman had been appointed arsenic the substantive Statistician-General of the state.
“This bureau volition guarantee credible information postulation for readying and monitoring improvement programmes successful the state,” Sani-Kalgo added.
Also speaking, the Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Shehu Mu’azu, stated that the assembly had approved the procurement of 2,000 powerfulness tillers astatine a outgo of N3 cardinal nether the Kaura Development Agenda (KADAGE) to boost cultivation activities.
In the aforesaid vein, the Chief of Staff, Government House , Alhaji Attahiru Maccido, said the assembly approved N1.4 cardinal for the procurement of schoolhouse furnishings to amended learning conditions crossed schools successful the state.
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