Boko Haram: NGO Donates $4 Million Medical equipment to Borno,Yobe and Adamawa

By Tom Garba, Yola
A Lagos-based Non-Governmental Organization, Gabasawa Women and Youth Empowerment Foundation, on Tuesday presented medical equipment worth hundreds of millions of naira to Adamawa Government to support the healthcare services to victims of insurgency in the state.
Mrs. Doris Yaro, Director General of the foundation, presented the equipment to Dr. Fatima Abubakar, Adamawa Commissioner of Health in Yola
Speaking shortly, after the presentation, Yaro said that the medical facilities donated were to bring succour to the victims of the insurgency in the state
Yaro said: “The Gabasawa Women and Youth Empowerment Foundation, had so far brought and donated medical facilities worth $4 Million US Dollars to Borno,Yobe and Adamawa. The gesture is to assist, rehabilitate and support millions of victims of insurgents in the North Eastern Nigeria.”
She said that the NGO had partners in United State of America where they came together and looked at the critical areas of healthcare delivery that were affected by the insurgency for necessary assistance.
According to the DG, the NGO also donated clothes, mosquito nets to assist pregnant women and children in various Internally Displaced Persons camps in the region.
She said that the aim of the donation was to rebuild the medical sector in the region through capacity building of medical personal, education and women empowerment
Responding, Dr. Fatima Abubakar thanked the NGO and expressed joy over the gigantic support.
Abubakar assured that the equipment would be judiciously used for the communities meant for.
Also in her remark, Prof. Nana Dogo, Operation Director, Victims Support Funds, said that the funds facilitated the transportation of the equipment from Lagos port to Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.