Former Gombe State Governor and Senator representing Gombe North, Ibrahim Dankwambo, has announced a monthly N75m healthcare intervention for seven hospitals in his senatorial district as part of a wider welfare package for constituents.
The initiative includes a N100m education fund for students in tertiary institutions, monthly stipends for 1,000 women and young people, and sponsorship for the enrolment of 100 girls at the Federal Government Girls' College, Bajoga.
Dankwambo unveiled the interventions on Thursday during the inauguration of the Gombe State Peoples Democratic Party Campaign Council in Gombe.
According to a statement signed by his spokesman, Faruk Yarman, on Friday, the healthcare package is designed to assist patients who cannot afford medical treatment.
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“Dr Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo has approved N10m monthly for each of seven hospitals in Gombe North Senatorial District to support patients who cannot afford medical treatment,” the statement said.
The beneficiary hospitals are the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe; Specialist Hospital, Gombe; Zainab Bulkachuwa Women and Children Hospital, Gombe; and general hospitals in Bajoga, Dukku, Kwami and Nafada.
The hospitals' social welfare units will work with selected stakeholders to identify indigent inpatients and outpatients who require financial assistance.
An additional N5m monthly has also been earmarked for the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe, to purchase dialysis consumables.
Dankwambo said the allocation would bring his monthly healthcare intervention to N75m.
On education, the senator announced a N100m fund to support students in seven tertiary institutions across the state.
“We are providing N100m to support students in seven tertiary institutions across Gombe State and ease the financial burden of their education,” he said.
The beneficiary institutions include the Federal University of Kashere, Federal College of Education (Technical), Gombe, Federal Polytechnic, Bajoga, College of Education, Billiri, College of Legal and Islamic Studies, Federal Polytechnic, Kaltungo, and Federal College of Horticulture, Dadin Kowa.
The former governor also directed the Community Development Department of Funakaye Local Government Area to identify 100 girls for admission into the Federal Government Girls' College, Bajoga.
He said the initiative was intended to increase enrolment and address concerns about the school's future.
“We have directed the Community Development Department of Funakaye Local Government to identify 100 girls for enrolment at the Federal Government Girls' College, Bajoga,” he said.
As part of the empowerment programme, Dankwambo said 1,000 women and young people across Gombe North would be engaged as special assistants, personal assistants or marshals and receive monthly stipends.
The senator also announced the distribution of 52 motorcycles to PDP ward chairmen across the district, with each of the 52 wards expected to receive one.
The announcements were made at an event attended by the PDP governorship candidate, Prof Ali Pantami; the party's National Chairman, Ambassador Abdurrahman Mohammed; and other party leaders.
Dankwambo also thanked residents for their turnout at the party's two-day programme and commended security personnel and journalists for their conduct during the event.
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