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Vice-President Osinbajo Commissions Infectious Diseases and Research Centre
Amina Mohammed, Lafia
Nigeria’s Vice-President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has paid a one day working visit to Nasarawa State where he commissioned the State Infectious Diseases, Diagnosis and Research Centre, Lafia.
The centre which is first of its kind in West Africa was described by the Vice-President as a land mark achievement that needs to be celebrated which is why he is in the state to personally commission what he called “phenomenal achievement of the world standard.”
Stressing that, there are only, but three of such centres in the country, while “with the completion of Nasarawa centre it has brought the number to four”.
Professor Osinbajo commended Governor Abdullahi Sule for having the zeal of continuity in governance.
Governor Abdullahi Sule said the state Infectious Disease, Diagnosis and Research Centre which was assessed and proved by National Centre For Disease Control NCDC as one of the best diagnostic Centre in Nigeria is to conduct clinical trials on local vaccines, among other things
“I need to state that, before now, the diagnosis of several infectious diseases, such as lassa fever, yellow fever, measles, cerebrospinal meningitis, as well as the current Covid-19 pandemic, were conducted outside the State. However, with the establishment of the Centre and its full operation, the perennial diagnosis and managing challenges of infectious diseases previously experienced will become a thing of the past and treatments of such ailments will be greatly enhanced”. Governor Sule noted.
While commending his predecessor for initiating the project Governor Sule said he is committed to completing projects started by past governments that will have direct bearing on the lives of the people of the state.
The State Commissioner for Health, Pharmacist Ahmed Yahaya, said: “Before the completion of the Diagnosis Center in the state, specimens were taken to very far Centers where it takes days before the results were brought back to the state. Adding that, the completion of the Center has brought relief to both government and the people of the state.”
He praised the efforts of the Governor Sule, for ensuring the speedy completion and equipping of the center, which he described as, “the best both in the country and Africa”.
The Vice President also launched a Job Fair on Employability and Entrepreneurship for Youths of Nasarawa State and Commissioned Nasarawa Lottery Hotel just as he paid a condolence visit to the house of late APC state chairman, Philip Shekwo.
