By Bode Olushegun
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, on Wednesday, inaugurated five healthcare centres in Maiduguri metropolis.
The governor also flagged off the overhaul of the dilapidated Maiduguri-Bama highway.
Zulum, apart from inaugurating the five healthcare centres, laid the foundation stone for yet another.
In what seems like a day for projects, the projects inaugurated on Wednesday included four primary healthcare centres along Baga road, Njimtilo, 777 housing estate, and Abujan Talakawa, all of which were started from the scratch, and an overhauled infectious disease hospital along Kirikasamma road.
Zulum also inaugurated a township road at Abuja-Sheraton community before laying the foundation for the construction of another 50-bed health centre in Wulari area of Maiduguri.
Governor Zulum, said his administration aimed to ensure that each of Borno’s 312 wards was provided with a primary healthcare centre in compliance with the standard of the World Health Organisation.
He said with the employment of hundreds of healthcare personnel by his administration, healthcare centres wouls be functional.
He noted that all the numerous healthcare centres built in the central, southern and northern parts of the state, would be equipped with competent staff members.
On Maiduguri-Bama road, Zulum said the state was in talks with Alhaji Aliko Dangote to support in extending the road from Bama to Banki, adding that by the time the project reached Bama from Maiduguri, connecting Banki would enhance trans-border trade and increase access to livelihood.
Zulum commended the quality of the inaugurated projects executed by the state’s Ministry of Health and that of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement.
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