Zulum at Uba General Hospital
Gov. Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State has approved the rehabilitation of Uba General Hospital and deployment of four medical doctors to boost the hospital workforce.
Zulum, who acknowledged the urban nature of Uba town, said doctors would be given incentives to come to Uba while the hospital would be supported to meet standard.
Zulum stated, “Liaise with the CMD to see how we can deploy up to 4 medical doctors while we decide whether to rehabilitate this one or construct a new general hospital…
“Uba is a city. Doctors can come and stay, and we will give them remunerationion. We must ensure enough medicine and consumables in this hospital,” Zulum was quoted as saying in a statement from the Government House Press Unit.
The statement said the governor also approved the rehabilitation of Uba township road networks and eight primary schools comprising Uba Central Primary School, Mufa A Primary School, Kuma Primary School, Masil Primary School, Uba Marghi Primary School, Low-Cost Primary School, Kwarghi Primary School, and Mufa B Primary School.
The governor who announced the developments on Saturday at the Palace of the Emir of Uba, Alhaji Ali ibn Ismaila Mamza, also directed the construction of a new befitting palace complex for the emir.
The statement said that Zulum who was in the Southern part of Borno to assess ongoing projects, coordinate policy implementations and approve the citing of additional works, further directed the construction of a deep aquifer borehole for the High Islamic College in Uba.
“The governor visited Central Primary School, a newly constructed high Islamic school, the General Hospital in Uba and Government Day Secondary School, Uvu, where he assessed both the ongoing work and the level of the interventions required for rehabilitation to be carried out.
“Zulum was also at Uvu village in Askira-Uba Local Government, where he gave a directive for the construction of a new secondary school and the rehabilitation of the central primary school.
“The Governor concluded his Saturday’s activities with a homage to the Emir of Askira, Alhaji Dr Albdullahi Mohammed Askirama II, and spent the night in Askira town,” the statement added
