GOMBE, Nigeria – Former Gombe State Governor and Senator representing Gombe North, Ibrahim Dankwambo, has announced a monthly healthcare support package of ₦75 million, alongside a ₦100 million education fund and proposed stipends for 1,000 women and young people in his constituency.
Dankwambo unveiled the initiatives on Thursday during the inauguration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council in Gombe State.
In a Friday statement signed by his spokesman, Faruk Yarman, the senator said seven hospitals in Gombe North would receive monthly allocations to support patients who could not afford medical treatment. Under the arrangement, each of the seven hospitals is expected to receive ₦10 million monthly, amounting to ₦70 million.
The beneficiary facilities are the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe; Specialist Hospital, Gombe; Zainab Bulkachuwa Women and Children Hospital, Gombe; General Hospital, Bajoga; General Hospital, Dukku; General Hospital, Kwami; and General Hospital, Nafada.
The hospitals’ social welfare units are expected to work with selected stakeholders to identify eligible patients requiring financial assistance. Dankwambo also announced an additional monthly allocation of ₦5 million to the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe, for the purchase of dialysis consumables, bringing the proposed monthly healthcare support to ₦75 million.
On education, he announced a ₦100 million fund to support students in seven tertiary institutions across the state. The institutions listed as beneficiaries 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 senator also said the Community Development Department of Funakaye Local Government Area had been directed to identify 100 girls for enrolment at the Federal Government Girls’ College, Bajoga.
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