Notagain Campaign - Maternal Accountability

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Maternal Accountability:
Katsina State government has spent N4.7 billion in the execution of projects and other related items under the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs. The amount, spent in the last seven years, is the state’s 50 per cent contribution to MDG projects in the state. The other 50 per cent comes from the Federal Government.
Speaking yesterday during the commissioning of a Maternal and Child Clinic in Birnin Kuka, Mashi council area, MDG Permanent Secretary, Isyaku Dikko, said out of the amount 1,115 boreholes were constructed across the council areas.
Dikko said 80 maternal and child clinics were constructed while six semi-urban water schemes were established in Birnin Kuka, Gwajogwajo, Karofi, Yantumaki, Kakumi and Tudun Aya communities.
He said 33,000 long lasting mosquito nets, 29 dispensaries, 17 generating sets, five ambulances, 21 maternal and child wards, and furniture were provided in various communities in the state.
He further revealed that 300 Vesico Vagina Fistula, VVF, patients were treated by the MDG in collaboration with Service to Humanity, an NGO belonging to the state’s First Lady, Fatima Shema.
Dikko said arrangement had been completed for the construction and equipping of 13 maternal and child clinics, construction of 13 solar powered boreholes, 215 VIP latrines, and 82 blocks of classrooms and other rated projects. Mrs. Shema, who commissioned the new clinic, called on residents to ensure its proper use for the promotion of health among women and children.
She assured of her NGO and the state government’s commitment to supporting MDG wherever possible and promoting projects that would better the lots of people in the state

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