Borno government procures N1.06 Billion Hospital Equipment

Borno state Governor, Kashim Shettima has
said that his administration has procured
hospital equipment worth N1.06 Billion to
improve healthcare delivery system in the state.
The Governor disclosed this during a traditional
Sallah courtesy visit by the Shehu of Borno, Dr.
Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Garbai Al-Amin El-Kanemi
to the Maiduguri government house.
"We are determined to change the face
of Borno and rewrite its history so that
our people can go back to their
communities for us to restore their
dignity.
Though we are poor, we still carry our
poverty with dignity. He will never allow
our people to descend to sub-human
level and we are going rebuild Borno
brick by brick In Sha Allah. We are going
to working assiduously to rekindle hope
in our people. We are going to invest in
education, in job creation, in
infrastructural development, in gender
empowerment, in girl child education and
we will invest in strengthening primary
health care system. We got $1million
donation from General Electric of the
United States and we said they should
give the money to UNICEF and they gave
the money to them and I am glad to
inform you that we have taken
possession of a substantial quantity of
hospital equipments enough to equip 60
primary healthcare centres in the state.
We also got grant of $1.5 million for
'Safe Life Initiative' of the World Bank.
This is a grant given to all states of the
Federation and further inflow of these
funds is a function of judicious utilization
of what has been given to us now. We
are traveling to China and India to
procure as many as possible equipment
to reposition our healthcare delivery
system. We have bought equipment
worth N1.06 Billion and it is gratifying to
know that some of these equipment
have started coming. Among them are x-Ray machines, scanners, 1000 hospital beds, industrial washing machines for
our hospitals, proper uniforms for Nurses and theatre workers and other vital hospital equipment" he said