Borno, 30 April, 2025 – The Borno State Authorities has counseled the World Well being Group (WHO) and the European Union for donating an ultra-modern well being facility to assist the supply of well being care providers within the state. 

As a part of its dedication to strengthening the well being system in post-conflict areas,  WHO, in collaboration with the Borno State Ministry of Well being and the Ministry of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RRR), accomplished Part 2 of the Biu Basic Hospital enlargement.

WHO and the Borno State Authorities commissioned this expanded facility according to their imaginative and prescient of reworking Basic Hospital Biu right into a regional specialist hospital that can successfully serve the inhabitants of Borno South Senatorial District, compriing 9 (9) Native Authorities Areas (LGAs), in addition to neighbouring states and nations. This intervention is essential because the state rebuilds from years of insurgency, displacement, and strain on its well being infrastructure.

This newly commissioned well being facility is anticipated to considerably enhance entry to high-quality healthcare providers for the residents and the encompassing communities, offering much-needed aid and optimism for enhanced well being outcomes.  

Borno State Deputy Governor Umar Usman Kadafur, on behalf of the Governor and the folks of the state, commissioned the ability and expressed gratitude to WHO and the EU for his or her unwavering assist and well being intervention over time. 
Representing the deputy governor, the Commissioner of Well being and Human Providers, Professor Baba Mallam Gana, mentioned, “The momentous event marks a big milestone in our collective pursuit of enhancing healthcare supply in our state. “

Professor Gana attributed the undertaking’s success to the Governor’s resolve for his administration to prioritize the well being sector. The brand new state-of-the-art hospital is a testomony to that dedication.

The Commissioner highlighted the ability’s significance in addressing the world’s well being challenges. 

“This facility will improve our capability to ship important healthcare providers, significantly for girls and youngsters who are sometimes probably the most susceptible. 

“WHO has at all times been a key companion in delivering healthcare providers to the folks of this state, and this undertaking is a sworn statement to the extremely impactful and fruitful collaboration between the state and the WHO.” the Commissioner famous. 

He assured that the supplied infrastructure can be “judiciously utilised to strengthen the healthcare system of the Biu neighborhood and its environs, offering efficient and environment friendly healthcare providers to the folks.”

WHO Nation Consultant Dr. Walter Kazadi Mulombo emphasised the organisation’s dedication to supporting the state authorities in strengthening the healthcare system and enhancing the well-being of the state’s residents.

Dr Mulombo appreciated the Borno State Authorities for believing in WHO and permitting the organisation to assist its folks’s well being wants.

He talked about the ability was constructed with funding from the European Union. 

“We wish to respect our donors, the EU, for offering the funds to make this potential. WHO is devoted to making sure everybody can entry high quality healthcare no matter location or circumstances. We promise our continued assist and collaboration,” the WR said. 

Appreciating the assist, Arc Isa Halidu Garba, the Commissioner of the Ministry of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, famous that the commissioning of the Basic Hospital Biu’s second part signifies a significant step ahead within the Borno State Authorities’s ongoing efforts to strengthen its healthcare system and be certain that the folks of Borno have entry to high quality medical providers.

“This collaborative endeavour with the WHO serves as a mannequin for efficient partnerships in addressing vital developmental wants, he mentioned. 

In his remarks, Professor Abubakar Kullima, the Chief Medical Director of the Borno State Hospital Administration Board, counseled  WHO for its complete assist and urged different companions to emulate its dedication. 

He said that the board and workers of the hospital administration are prepared to begin utilizing these services for the good thing about the folks.

Talking on behalf of the beneficiaries, the Emir of Biu, Alhaji Mustapha Aliyu Umar Mustapha II, represented by the Birma of Biu, Barrister Ibrahim Shehu Birma, famous that the ability is the third vital well being undertaking in Biu inside the yr, following Governor Zulum’s latest commissioning of eye and dental hospitals.

The newly commissioned well being facility, funded by the European  Union, will function the second part of the city’s Basic Hospital.

The donation of the well being facility underscores the continued collaboration between worldwide organizations and the Borno State Authorities in addressing the state’s humanitarian and developmental wants.

It’s furnished with superior medical tools to offer complete healthcare providers. These providers embody outpatient consultations, maternal and baby well being providers, diagnostic services, and therapy for widespread sicknesses.

Gear donated contains hospital beds and different tools to facilitate the sleek operation within the well being facility.

An identical undertaking can be slated to start in Monguno, additional demonstrating the federal government’s dedication to extending high quality healthcare entry throughout the state with the continued assist of the WHO.