MDGs record successes in Nigeria

Reports from various states across the country have shown that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have recorded tremendous success in Nigeria.

NAN reports that Alhaji Mohammed Yaro, the Director MDGs in Kano state, said the goals had constructed paediatric and maternity wards in 26 primary health centres in the state within the period.

In an interview with NAN on Sunday in Kano, the director said the state government provided boreholes, supplied drugs and other medical equipment in the centres.

“The projects were executed by the Federal and state government on the platform of MDGS programme in 2011.

“The state government invested in three of the eight agenda of MDGs namely: health sector, water and sanitation and primary education,” he said.

According to him, the government has purchased and distributed ambulances to general hospitals in Bichi, Dambatta, Gwarzo, Wudil, Bagwai local government areas.

Yaro said the state government had also renovated and provided drugs to three other primary health centres in Gabasawa, Garun-Malam and Takai local government areas.

“In health and education sectors of the programme, Garun-Malam local government area got 160 projects, while Gabasawa and Takai got 159 and 149 projects respectively,” he said.

In Katsina State, the Permanent Secretary In-Charge of MDGs, Alhaji Isyaku Dikko, said the goals had also been successful in the state.

Dikko said in an interview with NAN that the office, which was established in 2007, had impacted positively on the lives of people, particularly in the rural areas of the state.

“We have done something about poverty eradication, education, water supply, health and hygiene, among others,” he said.

Dikko said the MDGs had established 1,115 boreholes, six semi-urban water supply schemes and 80 maternal and child clinics across the state.

“Others projects include the construction and rehabilitation of 42 primary schools and provision of instructional materials to some selected primary schools in the state,” he said.

According to him, others projects are construction of latrines, training and empowerment of 300 Vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) patients and supply of 33,000 treated mosquito nets to prevent malaria.

Dikko urged the benefitting communities to always imbibe maintenance culture in ensuring the durability of the facilities in their domains.