By Ahmad Umar,
Gombe (Nigeria) — National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) in Gombe State, northeast of the country has flagged-off a Health Initiative for Rural Dwellers, for free medical services in Gombe.
Speaking at the occasion in Gombe, the NYSC State Coordinator, Ibeh Chidube said the exercise is to provide health intervention services and to improve the general wellbeing of the people.
“The idea of the Health Initiative for Rural Dwellers was conceived and will be sustained to ensure that health intervention reaches the 774 Local Government Areas in the country through the NYSC medical team,” he said.
He commanded the local government Chairman and his council members for the support given them on the exercise and called on the corps medical personnel to give the exercise maximum attention it deserves to boost healthcare delivery to rural dwellers.
Also speaking, Chairman of the local government council, Sani Sarkin-Dogare said the Council has spent about 500,000 Naira to support the programme in buying drugs and other logistics
The Chairman further applauded the initiative of the National Youth Service Corp for providing free medical treatment to people in the area, adding that “That made us to provide all logistics support and drugs for the one week exercise.
He said the initiative would go a long way in complementing the local government and the state government efforts toward providing accessible healthcare delivery to the poor and helpless in rural areas.
Sarkin-Dogare said that the initiative was timely and called on the medical team to feel at home and discharge their duties diligently, calling on the people in the community to ensure they visited health centre for the free medical services
