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The state Minister for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva has Commissioned some projects funded by the oil and Gas Sector as Intervention in the six states of Northeast region bedeviled by the Boko Haram Insurgency
The minister yesterday commence the flagging off the commissioning of projects and also supervises some ongoing projects constructed by the defunct Petroleum Equalization Fund Management (Board) (PEF)/ Presidential Committee on North East Initiative (PCIN) in Yola Adamawa State
Some of protects Commissioned by Minister were Radiology Complex at Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital, Yola and overhauling of Nana Asma’u Maternal Referral Centre Yola, and Ajiya Clinic.
The Minister also supervises some ongoing projects at the Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital such as the construction of intensive care unit, Histopathology Laboratory Units and Neonatal unit.
He said the intervention was done to upgrade the Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital to it’s new status of a teaching hospital recently inaugurated in May 2022 and also as intervention to reconstruction and rehabilitation of the North East bedeviled by the Boko Haram Insurgency
The State Minister of Petroleum Resources, said the visit was part of the his working visit to the state adding that Adamawa will benefit 58 Oil and Gas Intervention Projects.
He said the Radiology complex commissioned at the teaching Hospital Yola has City Scanner, Neonatal unit, resident doctor’s quarters, digitaI Radio, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Histopathology unit.
He said the 58 projects of the Intervention were in furtherance to the President Mohammedu Buhari administration pledge and commitment for rebuilding the north east subregion.
Governor Umaru Fintiri who was elated for the Minister’s visit thanked the federal government for executing the projects which he noted will benefit the state teremendouly.
He revealed that the state government has been according healthcare sector the priority in the areas of construction, rehabilitation and equipping of health facilities.
While receiving the minister earlier ,the Chief Medical Director of Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital, Prof Auwal Abubakar said the hospital was established in 1999 with the 175 beds capacity and over the years grown to the bed capacity of 450 .
” Therefore we want to thank President Mohammedu Buhari for upgrading from a Federal Medical Center to a university teaching hospital this year in May( 2022) ” he said
He said the hospital was able to improve human resources and trained specialists in their various field of specialization
” The intervention has aid the hospital to successfully separate conjoined twins brought from Belyase state ” he said
He said the Modibbo Adama University Yola has admitted the first set of medical students and have submitted their lists adding that the students would have started lecture but the ongoing ASUU strike was the reason why the students have not resume.
