The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has commenced the provision of free medical care for the Internally Displaced Persons as a result of healthcare challenge of the over 36,000 of them.
Already two hospitals, Wuse General Hospital and Asokoro General Hospital, have been designated as places for free treatment of IDPs in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Director-General, FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Dr. Abbas Idriss, disclosed this when he received in his office, executive members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT council, led by its chairman, Comrade Emmanuel Ogbeche.
Idriss added that about 400 women IDPs have been trained on skill acquisition, while another 200 women were also trained on rice padding, to ensure that the IDPs have means of livelihood.
Chairman of NUJ, FCT Council, Emmanuel Ogbeche, appealed to the FCT minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, to consider appropriate funding for FEMA, because the of the enormous tasks and responsibilities of the agency, especially advocacy, rehabilitation and assistance to those affected by one form of disaster or the other.
Ogbeche commended the director-general of FEMA for setting the pace in disaster and post disaster management in the FCT and for his service to the administration and residents of the territory.
According to him, “Let me also commend you for your impressive undertakings in the committee that looked into the violence clashes, occasioned by the EndSARS protests in the FCT.
For the fact that you worked within the time frame and came up with a painstaking report, speaks of your commitment, dedication and unalloyed commitment to, not just peace and stability in the FCT, but it also demonstrates your passion for this country.”
