Coronavirus: NNPC lays foundation for infectious diseases hospital in Borno
, on Saturday, performed a foundation-laying ceremony for the construction of a 200-bed Emergency and Infectious Disease Hospital in Maiduguri, Borno State.
The GMD, who is an indigene of Borno State, said that siting the hospital in Borno should not be seen as a favour done the state, even as he added that similar hospital is being built in 12 other states, spread across the six geopolitical zones of the country. The Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing Division of the NigerianNational Petroleum Corporation , Mele KyariThe minister of state for health, who represented the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, said the federal government called for the establishment of such hospital “as part of efforts to combatHe said the project was “designed to complement and strengthen the country’s national healthcare delivery facilities.
He added that the Presidential Task Force on Prevention of COVID-19, head by the SGF, Boss Mustapha, “is committed to supporting the state to fight coronavirus pandemic.Governor Zulum had earlier lauded the NNPC and its collaborating partners for helping to ease the difficulties faced by residents.
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