Former Gombe State Governor and Senator representing Gombe North, Ibrahim Dankwambo, has announced N75m monthly healthcare support, N100m education subsidy and monthly stipends for 1,000 women and youths as part of interventions to improve the welfare of constituents.
In a statement signed by his spokesman Faruk Yarman, on Friday Dankwambo thanked residents for their massive turnout during the party’s two-day programme and commended security personnel and journalists for their professionalism before, during and after the event.
Dankwambo also announced plans to sponsor the enrolment of 100 girls at the Federal Government Girls’ College, Bajoga, and distribute 52 motorcycles to Peoples Democratic Party ward chairmen across Gombe North Senatorial District.
The senator unveiled the initiatives on Thursday at the inauguration of the Gombe State PDP Campaign Council in Gombe, attended by the party’s governorship candidate, Prof Ali Ibrahim Pantami, PDP National Chairman, Ambassador Abdurrahman Mohammed, and other national and state party leaders.
The statement partly read, “Dr Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo has approved N10m monthly for each of seven hospitals in Gombe North Senatorial District to support patients who cannot afford medical treatment.”
Under the healthcare intervention, the beneficiary hospitals are the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe; Specialist Hospital, Gombe; Zainab Bulkachuwa Women and Children Hospital, Gombe; General Hospital, Bajoga; General Hospital, Dukku; General Hospital, Kwami; and General Hospital, Nafada.
The hospitals’ social welfare units are expected to work with selected stakeholders to identify and support indigent inpatients and outpatients.
The senator added, “We have also approved a separate N5m monthly allocation to the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe, for the purchase of dialysis consumables, bringing our total monthly healthcare support to N75m.”
On education, he said, “We are providing N100m to support students in seven tertiary institutions across Gombe State and ease the financial burden of their education.”
The beneficiary institutions include the Federal University of Kashere, Federal College of Education (Technical), Gombe, Federal Polytechnic, Bajoga, College of Education, Billiri, College of Legal and Islamic Studies, Federal Polytechnic, Kaltungo, and Federal College of Horticulture, Dadin Kowa.
Dankwambo also directed the Community Development Department of Funakaye Local Government Area to identify 100 girls for enrolment at the Federal Government Girls’ College, Bajoga.
He said, “We have directed the Community Development Department of Funakaye Local Government to identify 100 girls for enrolment at the Federal Government Girls’ College, Bajoga, to increase enrolment and address concerns about the future of the school.”
On youth and women empowerment, the former governor said, “We are also making provisions for 1,000 women and young people across Gombe North to serve as special assistants, personal assistants or marshals. They will receive monthly stipends.”
He further announced the provision of motorcycles for party ward leaders, saying, “We have directed the release of 52 motorcycles, one for each PDP ward chairman in Gombe North Senatorial District.”