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NEDC to equip Borno dental, eyes hospitals – Official

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1 year ago

March 3, 2023

The North East Development Commission (NEDC) says it will rehabilitate and equip the Borno Government dental and eyes hospitals.

The Managing Director of NEDC, Mr Mohammed Alkali, made this known on Friday after touring facilities in the hospitals.

Alkali said the support was in line with the commission’s mandate to intervene in various sectors including health in the north east region.

“I am here to assess and see what we can do to upgrade the hospitals for quality services.

“We will not only renovate buildings but also provide necessary equipment and facilities that will make this place a centre of excellence.

“We have education endowment fund to educate and train people in all areas including teachers, doctors and nurses to train people that will handle some of the equipment to be provided,” Alkali said.

Responding, the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Mohammed Arab, lauded NEDC for its sustained support to the health sector, adding that the interventions have gone a long way in complementing the state government commitment to the sector.

Arab said that the state government had already sent young medical personnel for training for the needed manpower to handle upgraded facilities in the hospitals.

“By the time this place is upgraded by NEDC, it is going to be another facility for training and research,” Arab said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Maiduguri dental and eyes hospital, built in the 80s, is being patronised by patients from Borno and neighbouring countries of Chad, Niger and Cameroon.

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Woman killed while crossing road in Anambra

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10 hours ago

April 18, 2024

Fellow Press

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra State Sector Command, has confirmed the death of a woman in an accident at Okpoko Market on the Asaba-Onitsha Road.

The Sector Commander, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, who confirmed the accident to journalists in Awka on Thursday, said that the woman was hit while she was crossing the road.

He said that the accident, which occurred on Wednesday, involved a commercial tow truck with registration number XA550BMA.

“Eyewitness report reaching us indicates that the truck was towing a vehicle in an uncontrollable speed along the axis.

“The vehicle that was being towed got detached from the tow truck.

“It hit and killed a female adult, who was said to be crossing the road, while the tow truck continued its movement.

“FRSC rescue team came to the scene and took the woman to Toronto Hospital, Onitsha, where she was confirmed dead and her body deposited at the hospital’s mortuary,” he said.

While sympathising with the family of the dead, the sector commander urged motorists, especially tow truck drivers, to exercise a high level of professionalism.

He also urged the drivers to always use standard equipment and avoid speeding.

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LASG’s maize palliative impactful, says poultry association chair

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10 hours ago

April 18, 2024

Desmond Ukafor

The Chairman, Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Lagos State Chapter, Mr Mojeed Iyiola, said the state government’s maize palliative to members of the association made a positive impact on the sector.

Iyiola said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos.

“We received about 150,000 tons of maize in February from the Lagos State government as palliative to cushion the effect of high feed prices.

“The major benefit of the palliative is that it actually cushioned the cost of production for most poultry farmers in the state.

“The palliative was beneficial as it made the cost of some poultry produce, especially eggs to drop,” Iyiola said.

He noted that prior to the palliative, a crate of egg was sold between N3,500 and N3,700 at the farm gate, but after the palliative, it now sells between N3,200 and N3,400.

According to the PAN chair, retailers and middlemen who sell from N3,800 to N4,200 do that for their personal gain.

“We have urged our members to sell their eggs at reasonable prices following the receipt of the palliative from the government.

“We appreciate the Lagos State government for the palliative but we also urge the federal government to do likewise, to further reduce the cost of production in the sector.

“This will consequently lead to drop in the prices of all poultry produce across board,” he said.

He said the palliative was shared among financial members of the association at no extra cost.

“As an association we shared the grains equally across PAN’s eight zones in the state equally. We also mandated each zone not the sell even a grain of the maize.

“We, however, considered new poultry farmers who wanted to the join the association as beneficiaries of the palliative,” said Iyiola.

He noted that through the palliative, more poultry farmers were recruited into the association.

“The maize was shared only to poultry farmers and not feed millers, it is the major component of poultry feed formulation,” he said.