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NYSC Medical Outreach Handles 2m Indigent Rural Dwellers Nationwide – DG

The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, has said that two million indigent rural dwellers across the country have benefited from the scheme’s Health Initiative for Rural Duellers (HIRD) programme since 2014.
Ibrahim, who stated this at the launch of the 2021 HIRD in Dazigau community, Nangere Local Government Area of Yobe on Wednesday, added that the scheme was determined to deepen the impact of its healthcare services.
Represented at the occasion by Mr Enock Isau, the NYSC helmsman recalled that the management launched the NYSC HIRD in 2014, as a platform for contribution towards promoting the well-being of indigent persons at the grassroots, by granting them easier access to free and quality healthcare.
“Drugs, eye glasses and other medical consumables are also given to patients free of charge”, he added.
Ibrahim announced that the 2021 centrally coordinated medical outreach was taking place simultaneously in all the states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory and would last for one week.
Launching the 2021 HIRD, Mrs Hafsat Yerima, the Yobe state NYSC coordinator, disclosed that 50 medical corps personnel had been deployed to various rural communities in the state, to provide them with free diagnosis, treatment and referrals.
She said the personnel included doctors, dental surgeons, pharmacists, laboratory scientists, nurses and physiotherapists, who would render services to over 3,000 rural dwellers through the initiative.
“ The NYSC wishes to bring medical care as close as possible to all citizens of Nigeria who are in the rural areas, in line with the saying that health is wealth.
“The scheme will always do everything possible to ensure that rural dwellers are availed the best of medical services, irrespective of their locations.
“At this juncture, it is pertinent to mention that this health outreach will be taking place in Dazigau community in Yobe State for the next four days.
“ We shall do this with the support of some of our stakeholders who are either assisting us with their personnel or providing material support in the area of drugs and medical equipment”, she said.
The Secretary of Nangere Local Government Council, Alhaji Umar Audu, thanked the scheme for the support to his people.
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Council Boss Impeached 48 Hours To LG Polls In Katsina
The Chairman of Malumfashi Local Government Council of Katsina State, Maharazu Dayi, has been impeached.
Maharazu Dayi was impeached yesterday by 11 out of 12 councillors, barely two days before the local government elections in the State.
The councillors reportedly took action following allegations of misconduct and poor governance against the chairman after a dispute over the distribution of the council’s Paris Club funds.
The development has sent shock waves across the local government area, especially as the impeached chairman is among those who failed to secure the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest in the forthcoming election.
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Association Tasks Fubara On Rumuwoji Market Phase Three
The Rumuwoji Ultra Modern Market Traders Association, Mile 1, Port Harcourt, has urged the state government to utilise the available spaces within the area to build phase 3 of the Rumuwoji Market in order to solve the ever increasing needs of traders.
The association, which said this at a media briefing in Port Harcourt, also described as a welcomed development the decision by the state Governor to open the phase 2 of the market for business.
According to the association, “We consider it as an answer to the various cries of the people, because he is a man on a mission who is out to place the interest of Rivers people first. It is a dream come true for the first time for the market to be dully allocated and open for business”
Chairman of the association, Hon Godspower Wobo, who briefed the press shortly after a meeting of the association in Port Harcourt, also urged the public to disregard the activities of some persons whose stock in trade is to cause disaffection in the market.
He said the attention of the association was drawn to the activities of some strange fellows who went about misforming the people about situation in the market, stressing that apart from his association, no other group exists in the market except subdiary unions.
Wobo also tasked the reallocation committee to tread with caution so as to avoid being deceived by any group.
According to him, time has come for the state government to engage in robust discussion with aggrieved shop owners who went to court and those who paid monies to the state coffers and issued with allocation certificates for the overall interest of peace.
He also advised the public to deal directly with his association, stressing that the meeting was to review activities for the last year as well as unveil their new Constitution.
Also speaking, former Chairman of the association, Deacon Kenneth Eze urged the Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara to open the phase 2 of the market, as it is long overdue.
Eze who is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the association also urged the public to do business with only the Rumuwoji Ultra Modern Market Traders Association as it is the only union recognised by the traders.
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AfDB President Denies 2027 Presidential Ambition
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina, has debunked reports linking him with the race for Nigeria’s presidency in 2027.
Reacting to the report on his X handle yesterday, following a recent interview with Arise TV, the AfDB boss said his quotes were misrepresented and misinterpreted in several Nigerian media reports.
However, the AfDB president denied the media reports, stating that he never said that he wanted to contest for President.
“A segment of my recent interview on @Arise TV has been both misinterpreted and misrepresented in several Nigerian media outlets. What I said was, “I will be available to serve in any capacity, globally, in Africa, anywhere, including my own country.”
“A listen to the substantive and robust interview, which is available online, will show this to be the case. For clarity and for the record, I did not say that I am running for the office of President of Nigeria,” Adesina said.