TQM Report,
Maigatari Local Government Council of Jigawa says it has treated and reunited 70 homeless mentally ill persons with their families.
Uzairu Nadabo, Chairman of the Council, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Tuesday in Maigatari.
Mr Nadabo said the council spent N1 million on logistics during the treatment of the patients at Kazaure Psychiatric Hospital.
He said most of them were biting on the streets where they slept outdoors due to lack of proper identification.
According to him, some of them after being recovered identified who they are and then reunited with their families.
He announced the council’s plans to improve the level of health service delivery in the area for the well-being of the people.
Nadabo said the council would increase its spending in fiscal 2022 to focus on equipping health centers located in rural communities.
The council, he said, had so far rehabilitated a significant number of dilapidated structures in most of the 87 public schools in the area, adding that the learning environment was much better.
He said the council also spent N18 million on expanding rural electrification in the new Nasarawa area of Maigatari, adding that around 300 of the 600 unusable wells had been repaired in 15 communities.
“When I assumed leadership command, only 100 of the 600 wells are useful, I fixed about 300 and took the necessary measures for maintenance,” he said.
According to him, the council is spending a large sum of money monthly on repairs and maintenance of water facilities in the communities, noting that the problem of water scarcity has been addressed in and around Maigatari.
