By Uchenna Okolie (Borno State Correspondent)
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umaru Zulum, on Wednesday, commissioned five healthcare centers in the populated Maiduguri metropolis and flagged off the complete overhaul of the dilapidated Maiduguri-Bama highway, and another health center.
Projects commissioned by the governor include four primary healthcare centers that were opened along Baga road, Njimtilo, 777 housing estate, and Abujan Talakawa, all of which were started from scratch, and an overhauled infectious disease hospital along Kirikasamma road.
Governor Zulum also commissioned a township road at Abuja-Sheraton community before laying the foundation for the construction of another 50-bed health center in the Wulari area of Maiduguri.
The governor said his administration's aim is to ensure that each of Borno’s 312 wards is provided with a primary healthcare center in compliance with the standard of the World Health Organization.
More importantly, he noted, was the employment of hundreds of healthcare personnel already done by his administration, to make healthcare centers functional. The governor said all the numerous healthcare centers built in the central, southern and northern parts of the state, will be equipped with competent staff.
On the Maiduguri-Bama road, Zulum said the state was in talks with Alhaji Aliko Dangote to support in extending the road from Bama to Banki by the time the project reaches Bama from Maiduguri. He noted that connecting Banki will enhance trans-border trade and increase access to livelihood.
Zulum commended the quality of the commissioned projects executed by the state’s Ministry of Health and that of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, and Resettlement. NNL.
