Senator Ahmad Lawan (APC Yobe North), has flagged off free medical care for poor and aged constituents in his senatorial district.
The medical outreach, which takes place annually, has been on for the last six years and sponsored by the Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan (SAIL) Foundation.
The approved centres for the sixth SAIL Medical Outreach programme 2023 are the General Hospital, Gashua; and Federal Medical Centre, Nguru.
Speaking at the flag-off ceremony on Saturday at the Federal Medical Centre Nguru, Senator Lawan, who was the President of the 9th Senate , said the medical outreach by the SAIL Foundation was an effort to complement those of the Yobe state government under the leadership of Governor Mai Mala Buni.
He lauded the Ministry of Health for partnering with the foundation in ensuring improved quality of healthcare for citizens of the state.
According to him, the partnership with the ministry of health facilitated the establishment of healthcare facilities across the various local government areas in Yobe North.
“The adages, “health is wealth” and “a healthy nation is a wealthy nation”, are facts. We want to ensure that our people are healthy, so that they can go about their normal businesses,’ he said.
