By Amos Tauna
The people of ungwar Jatau behind National Teachers Institute, Kaduna, northwest Nigeria, have lamented their deplorable condition leading patients in the area being carried on wheel barrow in search of medical treatment.
The situation in the area is so pathetic that there is nothing like government presence of any magnitude that one could think of except primary school constructed by the community itself.
Narrating the ordeal of the area to newsmen when Womenhood Foundation of Nigeria went on medical outreach, the traditional ruler, Mr. Musa Ayuba, said there was nothing members of the community had not done to persuade both past and present state and local governments in the state to come to their aid but to no avail.
“You people can see for yourselves what we are passing through in the community in spite of the fact we are just a stone throw to Rigachikun and the National Teachers Institute, Kaduna but without a single social amenities to show for it in this 21st century.
“The worst situation we are facing is lack of bridge that links us to the rest of the people. The moment it rains, we are completely cut off from the rest of the world sometimes for days depending with the magnitude of the water in the river.
“As a result of our pathetic situation, we have lost a very good number of people who have drown in the river moment it rains in an attempt to cross, and still, our children can not go to school or our women can not go to the market and valuable things can not be taken to the market in spite of the abundance crops being cultivated.
“We are in a different world because there is just nothing to show that we are Nigerians that have government despite our closeness to Rigachikun and Nation Teachers Institute, Kaduna.
“We are therefore still appealing to the federal, Kaduna State and Igabi local governments to please show us every sense of belonging and provide us with social amenities for a better standard of living,” he lamented.
The leader of the medical outreach and chairperson, Women Foundation of Nigeria, Hajia Mariyam Abubakar, said the outreach was carried out having received a report of the pathetic situation of the community, decided to visit the community to render free medical treatment to the members of the community.
She assured the community that the womenhood center woukd train any youth from the community as a medical personnel to take up the challenge facing the community.
Members of the community were given free medical treatment on Malaria and other related diseases.
