The Chief of the UNICEF Bauchi Field Office, Dr. Nuzhat Rafique, has urged contractors handling the revitalisation and restructuring of primary healthcare facilities in Taraba State to carry out their assignments with honesty, dedication and professionalism.
Dr. Rafique made the call on Thursday in Jalingo during the official handover of selected primary healthcare facilities to UNICEF by the Taraba State Government through the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Bodiya Buma. The facilities were subsequently handed over to the contractors for execution.
She also charged chairmen of the beneficiary local government councils to take personal responsibility for the projects by ensuring quality work and timely completion within the stipulated period.
According to her, Taraba is one of the states with the highest number of healthcare facilities slated for revitalisation under the UNICEF Bauchi Field Office, and indeed across Nigeria.
She stressed that the contractors must justify the confidence reposed in them by delivering quality projects that would significantly benefit women and children in the affected communities, and Taraba at large.
Dr. Rafique disclosed that the selection of contractors was conducted in a transparent manner and listed Ardo-Kola, Bali, Gassol, Karim-Lamido, Sardauna and Zing as the six beneficiary local government areas.
She added that if properly executed, the projects would help save the lives of mothers and children, urging all stakeholders, especially council chairmen, to ensure that the facilities are completed to standard within the three-month timeframe.
The project is being implemented by UNICEF with funding support from the Global Fund, is expected to be completed in March, 2926.
In his remarks, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Bodiya Buma, commended the Global Fund for supporting Taraba State and praised UNICEF for ensuring transparency in the contractor selection process.
He reaffirmed the state government’s commitment to providing an enabling environment for contractors to complete the projects within the three-month gestation period.
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Dr. Buma also appealed to facility managers to cooperate with the contractors to ensure timely completion, noting that the communities stand to benefit immensely from the intervention.
Also on his path,, the Executive Secretary of the Taraba State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Nuhu Tukura, lauded UNICEF and the Global Fund for their support and urged media practitioners to continue projecting the state government’s efforts, particularly in the health sector.
Responding on behalf of the contractors, representatives of Dari Investment and Cycle gate engineering assured stakeholders of their commitment to delivering quality work that would improve healthcare services and bring relief to women and children across Taraba State.
