Borno State Purchase 1.06 Billion Naira Hospital To Increase State Hospital Standard

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

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How a 3-day-old Baby Stolen from Hospital was Rescued by the Police in Imo State (Photo)

Barely 48-hours after the birth at the Chukwunonso Maternity in Isiala Mbano LGA of Imo state, a new baby was stolen by unknown child thieves. The baby being rescued According to a report by Channels TV, the Imo state police command has rescued a 3-day old baby, born to the family of Mr and Mrs Oluebube Ekwedike of Umuezealaowerre Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. While reuniting the baby with his parents on Monday, the Imo State Police Commissioner, Taiwo Lakanu, said the baby was said to have been stolen by unknown child thieves barely 48-hours after the baby was given birth to at the Chukwunonso Maternity in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo state. He said that after the issue was reported to the police, the men of the command swung into action and arrested two suspects who were at the verge of selling off the baby. The mother of the baby, Uchechi Ekwedike, 21, who could not hide her joy seeing her baby again, said she was tricked by the culprits in order to steal her baby. After reuniting the baby with his parents at the command headquarters in Owerri, the capital of Imo State in southeast Nigeria, Mr Lakanu said despite the numerous warnings for people to desist from child stealing and trafficking, some persons were still adamant in causing pain and sorrow on innocent members of the society. He said: “My team, the entire Imo State Police Command, will not rest on its oars to ensure that criminal offenses are brought to its barest minimum in the state. “It is so unfortunate that such barbaric behaviour still exists amongst our people. But the arrest of these ones should serve as a deterrent to other child thieves across the state and to make them realise that no matter how smart they are, the hands of the law will catch up with them”. While speaking to reporters in an incoherent manner, the prime suspect, Mrs Ngozi Anyanwu, claimed that the act was not intentional as it was targeted at the owner of the maternity home who she claimed was owing her some amount of money prior to the incidence.

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