Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has promised to build more functional primary healthcare centres in the state, saying his administration had in its first tenure, declared a state of emergency in the health sector in addition to renovating all the general hospitals.
He stated that the PDP-led administration in the state under his watch was on the verge of making sure that the specialist hospital was repositioned to provide complementary services to the teaching hospital.
Mohammed spoke yesterday at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi, during the commissioning of some edifices and the oncology, diagnostic and catheterization laboratory expansion.
He said the day was very auspicious for Bauchi State as it hosted very important dignitaries from the federal government, including the minister of finance, Wale Edun and minister of health, Professor Mohammed Ali Pate, reiterating the commitment of his administration to uplift healthcare delivery at the local level in conjunction with development partners.
Professor Mohammed Ali Pate and Wale Edun lauded Mohammed’s exemplary leadership, reiterating the federal government’s continued support to ensure the enhancement of healthcare delivery in Bauchi state and Nigeria as a whole.
