Abuja South Lawmaker Procures N39.8m Drugs, Equipments For Rural Clinics.
By Sadiq Abubakar, Abuja.
A member of the house of representatives for Abuja south federal constituency, Hon Hassan Usman Sokodabo, has distributed drugs and equipment worth N39, 850, 000.64 to three rural clinics across his constituency.
Sokodabo, who disclosed to newsmen during the distribution of the drugs and equipment at Abaji township clinic yesterday, said the drugs and equipment are distributed across three clinics which he said cut across Tsauni community in Gwagwalada area council, Kulo clinic in Kuje area council and Gawu clinic in Abaji area council.
He said the gesture was to ensure people of the affected communities have access to medical care, saying some of the rural clinics have been built over some years without equipment and drugs in them.
” Besides, there are some clinics at some rural communities that are not equipped, which I discovered there is need to procure drugs and some equipment to some of these clinics to enable them to have easy access to medical treatment,” he said.
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He, therefore, urged the benefiting communities to make good use of the equipment and drugs donated to them, even as he added that the gesture was part of his campaign promised to provide access to free healthcare services.
Also speaking, a medical consultant/director of Jodax Universal Concept Limited, Prince Joshua Adetunji, called on the government to strengthen primary healthcare across the rural communities of the FCT to enhance people of the rural areas have easy access to medical treatment.
He commended the lawmaker for the gesture, even as he urged the benefiting communities to live up to expectations by making good use of the equipment and drugs donated to them.
On his part, the Ona of Abaji, His Royal Majesty (HRM) Alhaji Adamu Baba Yunusa, appreciated the lawmaker for providing free drugs and equipment to three rural clinics across his constituency.
He noted that such a gesture will enhance people of the area especially rural dwellers to have easy access to medical treatment, even as he advised the benefiting communities to make good of the equipment donated to them.
Among the procured hospital equipment included Hospital beds, examination couch, Antony forceps, Bedpans, standing fans, generators, Metal chairs, Dressing scissors and Dressing trolleys and among others.
