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Equipment
Kano, Dec. 13, 2016 (NAN) The Kano State Government has approved N1.96 billion for the purchase of state of the art medical equipment for two hospitals at Giginyu and Zoo Road.
The state Commissioner of Information, Malam Mohammed Garba, made this known on Tuesday in Kano while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the weekly State Executive Council meeting.
NAN reports that the two hospitals which are under construction, were inherited from the former administration of Gov. Malam Ibrahim Shekarau.
He said the council approved N964 million for provision of medical infrastructure at Giginyu hospital while the remaining N1 billion would be spent on Zoo Road hospital.
“Work at Giginyu Hospital has reached 90 per cent completion while the Zoo Road hospital is about 80 per cent completed.”
He said the equipment to be provided at the hospitals included MIR machine, CT scan machine, mammography machine, X-ray machine, hemodialysis machine as well as beds and bedding, among other.
The commissioner said that the completion of the two hospitals would stop medical tourism especially to Egypt, India and other countries.
Garba said that the council also approved N2 billion for the procurement and installation of facilities at the skill acquisition centre under construction along Zaria road.
He said part of the money would be used to provide infrastructure across the state and to repair a collapsed culvert in Doguwa Local Government.
The commissioner, who, disclosed that the money was internally generated revenue (IGR), urged the people of the state to continue to pay their taxes to enable the state government to execute laudable programmes. (NAN)
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Edited by Nkechi Okoronkwo