Governor Pays Unscheduled Visit To Sokoto State Hospital
Governor Ahmad Aliyu has paid an unscheduled visit to the Sokoto State Specialist Hospital to ascertain the quality of services provided by the outfit.
The Governor’s decision to visit the health facility unannounced followed a series of concerns raised by citizens of the state over poor service delivery.
This was made known in a statement by the Press Secretary to the Governor, Abubakar Bawa.
The Press Secretary said that other concerns that forced the Governor to visit the hospital were dilapidated structures, erratic power supply, dearth of manpower and lack of functional medical equipment, among others.
He said that Governor Aliyu visited the hospital in a tricycle to get first-hand information from its workers.
”I was surprised with what I saw during my visit to the hospital which lasted for four hours; it allowed me to see things for myself.
”Patients and their relatives are subjected to all kinds of hazardous situations owing to the dirty environment and lack of functional equipment in the medical facility.
“Patients’ relatives rely solely on alternative sources of power due to erratic electricity supply in the hospital.
“I have directed the management of the hospital to see me for further discussions on how to remedy the situation,” Bawa quoted the Governor as saying.
A top management source said the poor state of things at the hospital was due to the inability of past administrations in the state to release the monthly allocations it.
NAN/ Mercy Chukwudiebere
