Gombe to construct 3 hospitals with N1.5bn

The Gombe State Government has concluded plans to construct  three General Hospitals in Gombe South Senatorial District at a cost of N1.5bn, Dr Kennedy Ishaya has said. Ishaya, Gombe State Commissioner for Health said  in Gombe on Saturday that each of the hospitals would gulp N500 million. He said the hospitals would be constructed in […]

The Gombe State Government has concluded plans to construct  three General Hospitals in Gombe South Senatorial District at a cost of N1.5bn, Dr Kennedy Ishaya has said.

Ishaya, Gombe State Commissioner for Health said  in Gombe on Saturday that each of the hospitals would gulp N500 million.

He said the hospitals would be constructed in Bore Billiri, Dezam, and Nyuwar, all in Gombe South Senatorial District.

According to him, the N1.5bn is for the construction of the hospitals excluding the cost of equipment,  saying the construction will commence as soon as the fund is made available.

The commissioner said the general hospital in Billiri had collapsed and it was the only local government headquarters in the state that had no functional hospital.

He said the government decided to build general hospitals in Dezam and Nyuwar communities in Balanga council area due to population increase in the towns. 

(NAN)