In Nasarawa, residents angry over built-but-locked health care centre

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In Nasarawa, residents angry over built-but-locked health care centre
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''Their expectations were not fulfilled three years later as the health facility remained locked upon completion despite its huge....''

when the construction of a modern health care facility commenced in 2020.

Meanwhile, UDEME, a social accountability project of the Center for Journalism Innovation and Development , reached out to the office of the Account-General of the Federation to inquire about cash backing for the project.The Account-General’s office confirmed that funds budgeted for Zonal Intervention Projects in 2020, 2021 and 2022 had been released to the agencies tasked with implementing the respective projects.

She recalled ”how health officials wrongly handled a case in the currently existing PHC centre in the community”. “I lost my baby and my womb after the doctor confirmed to me that the injections had caused me damage in my womb which I will not give birth again,” Mrs Rukaya Abubakar said.A community leader, Yakubu Dan Gwandara, said the community doesn’t need the hospital facility, adding that Daddere has two existing PHCs. He noted that the senator didn’t conduct a needs assessment before starting the project.

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