Yobe govt established 138 PHCs in three years: Official
The Yobe State government says it has established Primary Healthcare Facilities (PHCs) in 138 of the 178 wards of the state to enhance access to quality healthcare services at the grassroots.
Mohammed Mamman, a media aide to Governor Mai Mala Buni, stated this at the closing ceremony of a two-day workshop for local government information officers on Saturday in Bauchi.
According to him, the current administration has upgraded eight PHCs to general hospitals and four general hospitals to specialist hospitals.
He said the government also established Nigeria’s largest maternity and childcare complex to stem maternal and child mortality.
He said the projects positively impacted the lives of border communities, who hitherto access healthcare services in the Niger Republic.
The DG said the legacy projects of Mr Buni’s administration changed the narratives as Nigeriens were now crossing over to receive medical care in the new facilities in the state.
“In spite of the security challenge, the COVID-19 lockdown, and the lean resources at its disposal, the government reconstructed most schools destroyed by the Boko Haram insurgency and established new ones.
“This administration has executed at least one verifiable project in each of the 178 political wards of the state,” he said.
Commenting on the training programme, Mr Mamman described the exercise as timely, requiring the information officers to publicise the feat achieved by the administration towards improving the lives of the state’s people.
He said the exercise would also improve information management and service delivery in the 17 local government councils of the state.
“Therefore, as information managers, we have great responsibilities and duty to promote peace and peaceful coexistence, especially at this moment of our national life as we go into elections.”
The information officers drawn from 17 LGAs of the state attended the exercise organised by the Yobe Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in collaboration with the Directorate of Press Affairs Government House, Damaturu.
(NAN)
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