FUTMinna graduands donate health care items to Gidan Kwano community

As part of efforts to promote Primary Health Care delivery to the local communities, a team of graduands from
the Federal University of Technology, Minna has donated assorted healthcare items worth $500 to the Jatapi Community of Gidan Kwano Village, opposite the Main Campus of the University.

The money which was worth about N300,000 was a grant awarded to the Team by LEAP Africa, a non-profit NGO, which is committed to supporting young Nigerian undergraduates under the age of 30 by providing them with capacity-building training and the supportive environment needed for self-leaders that would bring long-lasting positive change to their communities.

Unveiling the items on Thursday, June 15, 2023, at the Primary Health Care Centre, Jatapi, Gidan Kwano Village, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Faruk Adamu Kuta, who was represented by the Dean, of Students’ Affairs, Dr Bashir Ganiyu commended the students for the achievement and assured them of the Management’s support.

Prof. Kuta who maintained that community service is one of the cardinal objectives of a university, appreciated the community for their cooperation which afforded the students the opportunity to carry out the project.

The Team Lead, Mr Tiamiyu Quazeem Omotoyosi, a graduand of the Department of Agriculture and Bioresource Engineering in the University, stated that the main objective of the project was to ensure accessible quality health care services which guarantee healthy living conditions for the community, stressing that citizens ought to contribute towards the betterment of their immediate community.

He said that having conducted a needs assessment, the team identified a shortage of drugs and other simple medical equipment as the major challenges bedevilling the health facility hence, the intervention in that
direction.

Mr Quazeem who disclosed that LEAP Africa paid 70 per cent of the grant used for the procurement of the items as an initial payment in line with its procedure, expressed his team’s determination to contribute the
remaining 30 per cent to the community.

The Team Lead who appealed for more support from the individuals and groups to enable them to do more, further expressed his team’s determination to embark on a health awareness campaign within the Gidan Kwano community with a view to sensitizing people on preventive health tips.

Also speaking at the occasion, the Village Head of Gidan Kwano, Alhaji Abdulmalik Muhammad, who was represented by Mr Bako Wakili Bosso said that the development came at the right time because, the nature of the season coupled with the fact that more students moved from the Bosso Campus to the Gidan Kwano community, which invariably added to the population of the community, posing more health challenge.

He added that the development would go a long way in addressing some of the challenges. The community head who described the efforts of the team as commendable further assured that the items would be judiciously utilized.

Other members of the Team include: Na’ima Ibrahim, (Graduand) Department of Crop Production, Deputy Team lead, Yakubu Usman, (Graduand) Department of Building Technology, Abdulazeez Arafah Mayowa, (Graduand) Department of Quantity Surveying and Aminat Abdulkareem, Department of Civil
Engineering, 300 Level.

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