Health: Legislature Calls for Upgrade healthcare to General Hospital
By Abdullahi Alhassan.
A member representing Toro/Jama’a Constituency in Bauchi State House of Assembly, Honourable. Tukur Ibrahim has moved a motion calling on the State Government to upgrade modern Primary Healthcare Nabordo to General Hospital.
Leading debate on the motion, the member said that the Nabardo Modern Primary Healthcare was established twenty years ago to serve over 200 communities in Toro and Tafawa Local Government Areas, but lack required types of equipment and personnel to discharge its responsibility to the populace which necessitates patients to be referred to General Hospital Toro which is far and this cause some patients to die while some lose their pregnancy.
According to him, people of the area are suffering because there is no health personnel to take care of even minor cases, most of the healthcare clinics in the area are not manned by trained personnel.
He, therefore, prayed that the Honourable House should advise the Executive Arm to upgrade the Nabordo Primary Healthcare Centre to the status of full pledge General Hospital.
In his contribution, Honourable Saleh Hodi Jibir Disina Constituency commends the mover of the motion, saying the area fulfill requirement considered in establishing General Hospital such as population, proximity, etc.
Honorable. Musa Wakili Nakwada Bogoro Constituency said he has lived in Nabordo and can attest that it’s far to Toro, and Toro General Hospital uses to be congested. He, therefore, supports the idea of upgrading the Nabordo Primary Healthcare Centre to General Hospital.
Honorable. Yusuf Muhammad Bako Pali Constituency said that considering the geographical map of Toro Local Government, it’s one of the biggest Local Government areas not only in Nigeria but in Africa, therefore they need more than two general hospitals, the members will support it because they deserve it.
However, Deputy Speaker Hono. Danlami Ahmed Kawule suggested that considering the population of Toro LG and how the population is rapidly increasing, instead of putting the Hospital in Nabordo, there is a need of considering another part of the Local Government such as Gumau since Nabordo is on the same axis with Toro.
But Speaker ruled that since this is the wish of the mover of the motion, the Honourable will adopt his prayer to upgrade the Nabordo Primary Healthcare Centre. The Honourable House adopted the prayer unanimously.