Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has directed the immediate renovation and upgrade of the Talata Mafara Local Government Area’s General Hospital.
The Governor who expressed deep concerns over the deplorable condition of the hospital assured that his administration would give top priority to security, health, agriculture, education and others according to his 2023 campaign promises to the electorate.
“I have ordered the complete renovation and upgrade of the hospital. We will equip the hospital to provide rehabilitation and service as a central point for other health facilities in the zone. Improving its condition will allow it to serve efficient health care delivery in the area,” he added.
The governor also commissioned two major projects in Bakura and Maradun local government areas.
The project commissioning was one of several events marking the first anniversary of the Governor Dauda Lawal-led administration.
“Today, as part of the ongoing inauguration of several completed projects in my first year in office, I have inaugurated the newly renovated College of Agriculture and Technology in BBakura,” he said.
In his remarks at the commissioning of the college, Governor Lawal said that more than two decades after the re-establishment of the College of Agriculture in Bakura, its structures became obsolete and the environment was no longer conducive to teaching and learning.
“As a government that identified education and agriculture among its major priorities, we deemed it necessary to renovate the college and stock it with the essential facilities for quality agricultural education.
“We have also upgraded the institution from the College of Agriculture and Animal Science to the College of Agriculture and Technology, Bakura.
“The wisdom behind this upgrade is to enable the college to introduce some technical disciplines as a prerequisite for its transition from a mono-technic to the status of a polytechnic.
“Therefore, we are gathered here today to inaugurate the renovation works undertaken at the College. These include the general renovation and equipping of the administrative block, agricultural laboratory, biology laboratory, science laboratory, lecture hall and female and male hostels,” he said.
The new construction also includes two blocks of VIP toilets, each with five cells and a laundry facility, as well as the rehabilitation of the college’s water system.
While at Maradun LGA, Governor Lawal performed another on-the-spot assessment of the progress of work on the renovation of the General Hospital, Maradun.
The contract for the project includes the renovation of the Admin Block, male and female wards, staff quarters, mortuary, main theatre block, and two toilets, among others.
