National lottery trust fund donates medical equipment to Kaduna PHC

The National Lottery Trust Fund (NLTF) has donated vital medical equipment worth millions of Naira to the Primary Health Centre in Kagoro, Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

Presenting the items in Kagoro, Mr Tosin Adeyanju, the Executive Secretary of NLTF, said the gesture was part of government’s health interventions across the country.

“Before now, we have done over 300 interventions across the country, but this is the first time we are donating materials in this Local Government Area.

“It is all part of a presidential initiative to provide vital medical equipment to health centres in our communities.

“It takes a kind government to remember you and that’s why President Bola Tinubu has been able to remember you.

“He is doing this intervention across several communities in Nigeria and your community is not forgotten,” he added.

Adeyanju explained that NLTF was committed to assisting vulnerable communities in line with the renewed hope agenda of the Tinubu-led administration.

He called on the people to continue to support President Tinubu’s efforts at making their lives better.

“We want you to continue to pray for the President. The country is facing economic challenges, but he has the wherewithal to surmount them,” he stated.

The executive secretary enjoined the community leaders and the management of the centre to make good use of the equipment.

“From time to time, we will send people to come and check if the items are being used for the good course they are meant for,” he added.

Receiving the items, Esther Awan, the Officer in charge of the facility, described the intervention as timely, given the challenges of inadequate equipment the centre has been grappling with.

Awan assured the donors that the equipment would not be mismanaged but put to judicious use.

Also speaking, the Chief of Kagoro, Ufuwai Bonet, represented by Mr Jehu Gwani, thanked NLTF for finding their community worthy for the intervention.

The traditional ruler said that the equipment would go a long way in addressing the health needs of people of the area.

He called on other well-meaning individuals and organisations to emulate NLTF in reaching out to rural communities in the provision of basic needs.

The items donated included oxygen cylinders, genotype machines, microscope machines, lamps for examination, patient and delivery beds, among others.