Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal says his administration is set to embark on reconstruction and renovation of the Primary healthcare centres in the State, beginning with sixty- two in the first phase to improve and maintain indices and maintain polio virus-free status.
The Governor disclosed this while hosting the United Nations Children Emergency Fund ( UNICEF) Nigeria Country representative, Cristian Munduate, in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, where he pointed out that since September 2023, there has never been a single case of polio virus in the State.
The Visit of Nigeria’s Country representative of the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Cristian Munduate and the Chief of Sokoto field Office, Michael Juma to Zamfara State has provided an opportunity for Governor Dauda Lawal to roll out his administration’s efforts toward improving healthcare and education and how UNICEF can support the initiatives to make life better for residents.
Governor Dauda Lawal-led administration told his August visitor that as part of his commitment to enhance the health conditions of the residents and improve the standard of education, his administration has reconstructed and renovated six out of the 14 General Hospitals, equipped with state-of-the-art- facility, and over four hundred primary and Secondary schools, as well as the construction of three Tsaganya Schools in each of the three Senatorial zones.
He also said that his administration keyed into the World Bank Programme Adolescent Girls Initiative Learning and Empowerment to return school children in Zamfara to school, especially the girls.
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The United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Nigeria Country representative, Cristian, who had earlier visited Ahmad Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital to see malnourished children and the facility, commended Governor Dauda Lawal’s efforts on the ongoing remodelling of the Hospital to improve living conditions of people in Zamfara, especially children.
She harped on the need for the Government to prioritise education to make it sustainable, with a particular focus on out-of-school- children to enable them access basic education and quality life, stressing that collective commitment and action are keys to achieving the set goal.
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara stated that maintaining good hygiene practice and keeping a clean environment could prevent outbreaks of cholera, Malaria and other diseases, which was why his administration recently launched the distribution of vehicles and various tools for the Zamfara Youth Sanitation programme, with a law in the pipeline to ensure residents imbibe the culture of keeping a clean environment.
(Editor : Ena Agbanoma)
