23rd August, 2024
By Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano
Kano State Governor, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf has distributed 88 motorcycles and five operational vehicles to aid the mobility of frontline health workers in the implementation of various health programmes in the state, particularly, in the rural communities.
A statement by his spokesperson, Mr. Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, indicated that the distribution was conducted during an event at the Government House, Kano.
Bature said Governor Yusuf distributed 88 motor cycles and three units of 4-wheel Drive Utility Toyota vehicles which are support facilities provided by the Global Fund to supervisors and their assistants to ensure effective coordination, transport of programme commodities that will help in the identification of tuberculosis, leprosy, malaria and HIV.
The statement added that: “In the other hand, two operational vehicles were presented for the operations of Immunization Plus Malaria Progress by Accelerating Coverage and Transform Services( IMPACT), a high -impact project for the transformation of PHC system in Nigeria aimed to improve routine immunization, skilled birth delivery, reduction of under-five mortality among others.”
