{"id":27784,"date":"2014-06-11T06:06:37","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T05:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=27784"},"modified":"2014-06-11T06:06:37","modified_gmt":"2014-06-11T05:06:37","slug":"abubakar-commissions-gen-hospital-ilorin-optimistic-about-nigerias-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/pointblanknews-investigations\/abubakar-commissions-gen-hospital-ilorin-optimistic-about-nigerias-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Abubakar Commissions Gen. Hospital, Ilorin, Optimistic About Nigeria&#8217;s Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Former Head of State, General Abubakar Abdulsalam has described the five General Hospitals rehabilitated by the Kwara State Government as bold steps in the transformation of the State into an economic hub with \u00a0qualitative healthcare for an increasing population.<\/p>\n<p>General Abdulsalam who said this at the commissioning of the ultra modern general hospital, Ilorin, noted that the hospitals were a reflection of the state government\u2019s commitment to the promotion of qualitative healthcare in the State.<\/p>\n<p>The former head of state who said he was troubled by the present challenges in the country, but was hopeful that with developmental projects by the governments, at all levels the nation will overcome the challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActs of good governance such as demonstrated by your government\u2019s people oriented programmes and new development efforts, as well as the entrenchment of equality and justice can strengthen our preparedness to work together to build the Nigeria we all desire and deserve\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>General Abdulsalam charged governments at all levels to continue to implement programmes and projects that will elevate Nigerians and provide them sustainable standard of living.<\/p>\n<p>Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed observed that rehabilitated general hospitals in Offa, Share, Kaiama and Omu-Aran were testaments of his administration\u2019s resolve to bring functioning healthcare to the people of the State.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed said the State government\u2019s dream of functional health system has become a reality with the rehabilitation of the general hospitals, establishment of world class medical diagnostic centre, expansion of Community Health Insurance Scheme and the continous enhancement of primary health system.<\/p>\n<p>The Governor added that the various health policies and programmes such as equipping of health constitutions including 43 primary health are yielding positive results in the health sector.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201cour surveillance efforts, advocacy programmes and targeted interventions such as free medical care for pregnant women and under five, have reduced maternal and child mortality and also created in our people the need to better take care of themselves and their environment through simple everyday measures\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Muideen Akorede, PhD<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Senior Special Assistant to the Governor,<br \/>\n(Media and Communication),<br \/>\nGovernment House,<br \/>\nIlorin.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Pix Caption &gt; 9579<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&gt; L-R: Wife of Kwara State Governor, Mrs. Omolewa Ahmed, Kwara State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed, Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar and Kwara State Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Abdul Kayode Issa during the Commissioning of the Ultra Modern General Hospital, Ilorin&#8230;Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Muideen Akorede, PhD<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>Senior Special Assistant to the Governor,<br \/>\n(Media and Communication),<br \/>\nGovernment House,<br \/>\nIlorin.<\/p>\n<div>I invite you to follow @Governor_Ahmed on twitter<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Head of State, General Abubakar Abdulsalam has described the five General Hospitals rehabilitated by the Kwara State Government as bold steps in the transformation of the State into an&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pointblanknews-investigations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Abubakar Commissions Gen. 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