…SAYS JAMB HAS EXPENDED OVER N200 MILLION ON THE PROJECT
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has said the facilitation of the donation of free medical equipment worth over N6billion in 2022 by Project C.U.R.E to selected health facilities (two in each of the six geopolitical zones of the country) in Nigeria is yielding desired results.
The Registrar stated this when he received a delegation from the National Hospital, Abuja, comprising the Muslim Ummah and the Christian Chapel of the hospital, who were in his office to seek ways of fostering existing mutual partnership with the Board.
The delegation commended the Registrar for his many landmark achievements while looking at ways Nigerians can benefit more from the Board’s prudent management of resources.
The Registrar, in his response, recounted his experience at the Federal medical Centre, Azare, Bauchi State, where he had witnessed first-hand, the efficacy of the donated medical equipment in helping to manage life-threatening ailments. He thanked the Federal Ministry of Education for its support that saw to the facilitation of the project and the Federal Ministry of Finance for waiving all taxes and levies for the equipment when it arrived the ports. He stated that the Board had played key roles in the facilitation of the intervention with the aim of complementing health care delivery in Nigeria.
According to him, the Board had expended over N200million to get the donated free equipment into the country and to their beneficiary health facilities, which include the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital; Federal Medical Centre, Azare; Yusuf Maitama Sule Teaching Hospital, Kano; Federal Medical Centre, Gusua; University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital and University of Medical Sciences, Oturkpo. Others are: University of Lagos Teaching Hospital; Federal Medical Centre, Abeukuta; University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu; Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, and the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa.In his closing remarks, Prof. Oloyede assured the visitors that the Board would continue to partner with relevant agencies towards making life more meaningful for the citizens of the country
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