His Highness, the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Faruk and Kano based business mogul, Alhaji Aminu Dantata condoling with Gov. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State on the death of his mother, Hajiya Fadimatu Umar, who died on Friday at the age of 95. Also in the picture include the Deputy Governor, Prof. Hafiz Abubakar and Sen. Barau Jibril. Photo: Govt. House, Kano. 6/3/2016Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has inaugurated five vaccine and medical commodities delivery trucks, diagnostic kits and anti Malaria drugs worth N104 million, the government said in a statement on Wednesday.
Mr. Ganduje, the statement said, made the disclosure during the 2016 Volunteer Community Mobilizers Convention held at the Government House in Kano.
He said the move is part of efforts to strengthen the governments free maternal and child care initiative.
He explained that the five Hilux trucks would be used to delivery vaccines and other medical consumables to health facilities while the diagnostic kits and anti Malaria drugs would also be distributed to deserving women and children free in public hospitals.
On the Volunteer Community Mobilizers, the governor noted that the success have recorded in terms of halting the spread of the wild Polio virus for close to two years is due to their selfless service.
According tot him, they have played a major role in community mobilisation towards addressing the issue of non-compliance with oral Polio vaccine as well as mobilizing parents and care givers on child care programmes, stressing that they should not relent until Polio is totally eradicated in Nigeria.
He thanked development partners, especially, WHO, UNICEF, CHAI, EU-SIGN, Rotary International, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Dangote Foundation for their support to Kano in the area of health and social development.
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Kabir Ibrahim Getso said the government has also procured additional microscopes to be distributed to primary and secondary health facilities in the state.
Dr. Gesto said the government is working with local and international partners to ensure availability of Malaria drugs, diagnostic kits and insecticide treated nets in all its health facilities, to end the scourge of Malaria in the state.