Ted Odogwu, Kano
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, on Wednesday, said his government allocated 13 per cent of its 2018 budget to the health sector towards providing quality health-care services.
“The government aims to strengthen the control of HIV/AIDs and tuberculosis, polio, malaria, cholera, measles and other child-killer diseases in collaboration with development partners,” he said.
The governor stated that two specialist hospitals at Giginyu and Zoo Road were equipped with modern facilities in 2017, while attention was being given to the procurement of medical equipment and the upgrading of primary health centres.
While thanking the principal MOU partners, he implored them to sustain the support to the state Ministry of Health and its agencies.
The Chairman, Dangote Foundation, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, commended the state on the progress made so far, especially the…
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