BY IBRAHIM BAKARE
The sleeping Daura Emirate Council in Katsina state community got rejuvenated as the Chief Executive Officer and President of BelemaOil Producing Limited Tein Jack-Rich had few weeks ago signed agreement for a contract to build multi-million USDollar 100-Beds Hospital at the home town of President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari. The indigenous Oil prospecting and exploration company Belemaoil will collaborate with other related Non-Governmental organizations including that established his wife Elizabeth Jack-Rich Aid Foundation and NNPC/Belemaoil Joint Venture and Belemaoil Aid Foundation. The project was conceived based on the facts that there has been high prevalent in maternal and child death in Daura.
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During the
signing ceremony of the contract agreement, the Project Manager of Belemaoil
Mansur Korfi stated that the natives of Daura were consulted and they selected
the type of project that will impact most to their immediate needs of which
100-Bed Mother and Child hospital top their priority list.
From the
prototype the actual project when completed will have incubators, a Theater,
many consulting rooms, 3-Doctors Living Quarters, Private and Open Wards,
Labour Room, Kitchen and Mortuary facilities all-inclusive in the ultra-modern
hospital.
Speaking
further, he said “I am from the state but not from Daura community. I know the
state of the area, healthcare facility is scarce there, and that is why the
people of the area through their traditional rulers demanded for the facility.
In this effect, the project when completed will serve a tremendous relief to
the people and reduce the maternal and infant deaths in the community and its
environs”.
Continuing,
he admitted that “There is presently high rate of child death in the community,
women trek several kilometers with back before they can access functional
hospital for either treatment of their sick child, antenatal care or delivery.
Sometimes the babies die before they could get to the hospital, it is a
pathetic situation”.
The former
Assistant Inspector General of Police –AIG Ahmed Sanni-Daura an indigene of the
community who with three other persons from the locality in attendance during
the signing ceremony said “ This is not the first time Belemaoil under the NNPC
Joint Venture have done something so marvelous in Daura. They recently provided
facility for potable water supply to the community, some others in Sokoto and
Gombe states, and this is the hallmark of Belemaoil and we really appreciate
that. This hospital that is meant for women and children is a laudable project
that is well received by the community, and I believe it is going to provide a
lasting legacy as what Belemaoil has done to the people of our community”.
The Rivers
state born Tein Jack-Rich, President of Belemaoil reiterated the importance of
the 100-Bed hospital located at Daura as it will unite the people of Southern
Nigeria with their counterparts in the Northern part of Nigeria as “The project
is for humanity and it is important that is so recognized. It is meant to showcase
love and not any form of arrogance. It is designed to display humility and
recognize the importance of human race. The hospital will go a long way to
helping our brothers within Daura Emirate Katsina and environs and I pray that
the contractors who are going to handle the project consider it as an important
legacy for them and also ensure a successful execution of the same and ensure
it is maintained and kept as new at all times”.
