By Oluwaseun Sonde
Borno State Governor, Prof Babagana Umara Zulum has revealed that his administration have able to construct and equip over 200 healthcare centres across Borno State, and employed over 700 medical workers combining doctors, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, and other healthcare workers.
The Governor who made the revelation during the commissioning of 30-bed primary health centre, at Wulari Community in Maiduguri on Friday, called to ensure delivery of medical services to citizens through functionality of diagnostic equipment and constant availability of doctors, nurses and other health personnel.
It was also revealed that the 30-bed healthcare centre was built at an area that used to be notorious for prostitution and other antisocial and criminal activities, before it was cleared by the State Government after which Governor Zulum demanded to know from Wulari community leaders, what project they needed in place of the criminals den, as the leaders asked for a healthcare centre.
The fully fenced, tiled and landscaped health centre has two general wards for males and females, and it is equipped with diagnostic facilities, a solar electricity system and water facilities, while the Governor directed that services must be made constant to people who need them.
After the commissioning, Zulum at the same venue, also launched and ordered distribution of free maternal care drugs and consumables worth over N300 million which were allocated to different primary healthcare centres for free prescriptive distribution to pregnant women, nursing mothers and their infants.
The Governor directed the State’s Commissioner of Health and Human Services to ensure none of the drugs is sold in whatever form since they are meant to be given free of charge for maternal health services.
Earlier in his welcome address, Commissioner of Health and Human Services, Professor Mohammed Arab Alhaji took time to give an impressive overview of achievements of the Zulum administration in the area of healthcare.
He also recalled that the site of the commissioned health centre at Wulari was something majority of responsible residents seriously despised and now thank Governor Zulum for converting what was a big problem into a project with potentials for high benefits to the community and rest of humanity.
The Wulari event for commissioning of primary healthcare centre was attended by hundreds of community residents who trooped out in joyous appreciation.
Top Government officials, amongst Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, Secretary to Borno Government, Usman Jiddah Shuwa, Head of Service, Barrister Solomon Malgwi, Chief of Staff to the Governor, Professor Isa Marte Hussaini, Commissioners, Advisers and Assistants were there to support the Governor.
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