Governor of Niger state, H. E. Sani Bello has expressed determination towards the provision of quality health care services to the citizens.
This was disclosed in a statement by Mary Noel-Berje,Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Niger state, stating that the Governor said this when he visited some health facilities in Minna, the Niger state capital.
Some of the faclilites includes:
The ongoing administrative blocks, A, B, and E, female surgical ward, testing and laboratory centers under construction as well as the Molecular center at the General Hospital Minna.
Abdulkareem Lafene State Secretariat Complex, where he inspected the newly completed Primary Healthcare Development Agency building, the Ministries of Health, Commerce, and Investment as well as Information, to ascertain the level of general renovation going on at the secretariat.
The ongoing construction site of the North Central Multipurpose Diagnostic Centre at the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) Specialist Hospital, Minna, being constructed by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC) and Total Nigeria, Abubakar Sani Bello described the project as desirable.
Concerning the Diagnostic Centre, the Governor said the constructors handling the project promised to deliver by May while equipment would be provided thereafter.
Speaking on the general renovation work at the secretariat, Governor Sani Bello said the renovation of the State Secretariat is to improve the welfare and working conditions of the civil servants, and due to the abandonment of the secretariat, his administration saw the need to give it a facelift.
The Governor assured that the renovation will provide a more friendly environment for the workers. Also, he called for strict supervision of the project by ensuring that there was no compromise on the quality of the project.
Commissioner for Health, Mohammed Makunsidi said that the facility which is being funded by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Total Nigeria is to be built in the six geo-political zones in the country and the state is lucky to house that of the North Central strategically located at the IBB Specialist Hospital to complement services provided by the hospital.
He explained that the facility is a multi Diagnosis Centre where both emerging and conventional laboratory services including wards for admission would be made available.
While noting that the passion, commitment, and investment in the health sector by Governor Sani Bello's administration are what made the state benefit from the project, Dr. Makusidi stated the services which would be provided by the following center includes: CT scan, mammogram for breast cancer, x-ray, and ultrasound.
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