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Jihar Gombe Ta Fara Rigakafin Polio Ga Yara Fiye Da Dubu 981
Daga Usman Muhammad Babawuro, Gombe
Akalla yara 981,710 yan kasa da shekaru 5 aka fara yiwa rigakafin cutar shan inna da sauran cututtuka masu kisa a fadin Jihar Gombe na tsawon kwanaki 4, a kokarin da hukumar kula da lafiya matakin farko a jihar keyi.
Gwamnan Inawa Yahaya wanda ya samu wakilcin Kwamishinan kiwon lafiya Dr Habu Dahiru, shine ya bayyana hakan a wajen bikin kaddamar da rigakafin polio karo na uku a bana a kofar Dagacin Tumfure yau Juma’a.
Yace Gwamnan ya ce rigakafin na daga cikin manufofin shirin shugaban kasa Bola Tinubu na sabunta fata wadda ya wajabta samarwa kowani tsarin kiwon lafiya a fadin Najeriya, kuma Gwamna Inuwa ya ke kokarin tabbatar dashi.
“Kamar yadda kuka sani, kiwon lafiya na daya daga cikin muhimman abubuwan da gwamnatinsa ta sa a gaba, kuma a makon da ya gabata ne muka je Abuja domin rattaba hannu kan batun tabbatar da ingancin kiwon lafiya ta duniya (UHC) kuma a wancan lokacin, shugaban kasa Bola Tinubu a nasa tsarin sabunta fatan da aka da dukkan gwamnoni 36 ciki har da namu Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya suka amince, don sanya hannu kan wannan batu tare da abokan hadin gwiwar ci gaba, akzau batun sabunta shirin kiwon lafiya a Najeriya inda kowane mutum zai sami damar samun lafiya, da kuma abin da muke yi a yau yana daga cikin shi, da kuma muhimmin ginshiki a hangen nesanmu da ayyukan kula da lafiyar mata” in ji shi.
Mai Kaltungo Injiniya Sale Muhammad ya kirayi shugabannin al’umma da iyaye musamman mata dasu bada hadin kai wajen yiwa yayansu rigakafin kasancewarsa marar illa, domin kare yara daga cututtuka masu kisa da kuma kiyaye Iyaye mata daga mace-mace.
“Ina kuma son yi musu magana game da jita-jita da ke ta yawo da ke sa su ki yin alluran rigakafi, na yi magana cewa idan allurar rigakafin ta zo kasar nan, gwamnatin Najeriya na da cibiya biyu daya a Legas daya kuma a Maiduguri inda suke tantance duk alluran rigakafin da ke shigowa, hakan kuma domin tabbatar da ingancinsa ne”
Shima wakilin Hukumar lafiya ta duniya WHO Dr Ibrahim yace bisa ga tallafin gwamnatin jiha, an magance matsalolin kiwon lafiya da dama, kuma nan bada jimawa ba zasu kawar da cutar shan inna da sauran cututtukan yara ma su kisa.
Shugaban hukumar kula da lafiya a matakin farko na jihar Gombe Dr Abdulrahman Shaaibu yace sun kaddamar da rigakafin, wadda suka hada da na shan inna, tsutsar ciki, cututtukan kananan yara, zazzabin cizon sauro da sauransu, wadda za’a fara daga ranar Asabar 16 zuwa Talata 19 ga watan Disamba 2023.
Ya ce, “A yau muna kaddamar da makon rigakafin yaran da suka hada da jarirai da mata masu juna biyu tare da bayar da rigakafin sauran cututtuka da ke bayyana, sannan zamu yiwa yara ‘yan kasa da shekara 5 kimanin 918,000 rigakafin, kuma ga jaririn da aka haifa muna ba da rigakafi daban-daban, wanda suka hada da magungunan zazzabin cizon sauro, maganin karin ruwa inda yara kuma muna ba su maganin tsutsar ciki (kwayoyi da na sha) da kuma Vitamin-A don rage mace-macen mata da yara musamman mata masu juna biyu da yara ‘yan kasa da shekaru 5”.
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NERC Collaborates JEDCO To Address Plights Of Gombe Residents On Power Supply
By Vasty Bala Jonah, Gombe
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has assured residents of Gombe State that it will work closely with the Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDCO) to address the challenges faced by electricity consumers in the state.
At a town hall meeting held at Abmar Hall Gombe on Thursday, NERC’s Assistant General Manager for Consumer Affairs, Regina Osogo, stated that the commission is committed to receiving complaints from consumers, highlighting the processes for lodging concerns about JEDCO’s services.
Engr. Hamisu Jigawa, JEDCO’s Chief Technical Officer in Gombe, urged customers to help protect the company’s equipment in their communities from vandalism to prevent power outages.
He promised that JEDCO will ensure every household is metered with prepaid meters.
Some consumers at the event called on JEDCO to improve its services and strengthen its relationship with communities in the state.
The town hall meeting was organized by NERC to engage with electricity consumers in Gombe State and address their concerns.
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Gombe NNPP Exco Holds Emergency Meeting Over Mailantarki’s Exit
By Yunusa Isa, Gombe
The State Executive Council of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Gombe State has held an emergency meeting following Hon Khamisu Ahmed Mailantarki’s resignation from the party.
Speaking during the meeting in Gombe, the state party chairman, Hon. Barrister Rambi Ibrahim Ayala, expressed dismay over the new development. He maintained that the state party stakeholders did everything possible to retain the party leader, but he personally decided to leave.
While reading through Mailantarki’s letter of resignation, Barrister Rambi appreciated the former NNPP leader for his immense contributions during his stay in the party.
The state party chair, however, said, “Our doors are always wide open for our former leader whenever he decides to rejoin the NNPP. We are very much ready to welcome him back to our fold.”
While encouraging members and officials on the party ideals, Barrister Rambi maintained, “We remain confident and determined to continue our struggle to emancipate and bring about positive change to our people.”
He appealed to all NNPP members in the state not to demoralize, insult, or speak badly of the former leader. He said, “Though he is no longer with us, we still respect him. As responsible comrades, let’s not spread negativity about him, please. In his letter, he didn’t accuse us of any wrongdoing. Rather, he commended and appreciated the opportunity and support we accorded him during his stay in the NNPP.”
Barrister Rambi charged the party executive at all levels to brace up and woo more members for the party. He noted that their commitment would make NNPP the most active party in Gombe State, ready to seize power come 2027.
Other members who spoke during the emergency meeting, including the party’s Financial Secretary Ibrahim Umar Babangida, Zonal Vice Chairman Gombe North Hon Sa’idu Baba Gombe, and Welfare Secretary Kabiru Muhammad Puma among others, all renewed their commitment to NNPP. They assured everyone that the new development would not discourage them but inspire them more for success.
They emphasized unity, commitment, and perseverance to keep Gombe NNPP flying on the trajectories of its national leader, Engineer Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.
While appealing to the state party chairman to carry everyone along, the stakeholders commended his moral and financial commitment to NNPP in Gombe State.
They also advised on early scouting and identification of responsible candidates at various levels to make NNPP more vibrant and inclusive before 2027.
Mailantarki was the NNPP gubernatorial flag bearer in the 2023 General Elections in Gombe State.
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Tekan Peace Desk Encourages Gombe Citizens On Religious Tolerance, Human Rights Protection
By Yunusa Isa, Gombe
The need for Gombe People to respect one another’s belief, strengthen human rights and remain brothers keepers has been stressed.
The encouragement was given by the lead resource person Dr Obadiah Samuel from University of Jos, during a stakeholder consultative meeting on human rights and religious tolerance, organized by Tekan Peace Desk in Gombe.
Presenting a paper titled “Understanding Religious Intolerance and Its Effects on Human Rights Protection” and another on “Strategies for Creating Safe Space for Human Rights Protection”, Obadiah said religious tolerance has to do with respecting other people’s beliefs and avoiding anything that could make them intimidated.
While encouraging people of the state to remain brothers keepers, the resource person maintained that religious tolerance bring about peace, social cohesion and national development.
On human rights, Dr Obadiah said national, regional and international treaties recognized right to life and right to religious belief amongst others for every human being, maintaining that it is a duty on individuals and states to recognize and safeguard same.
He urged participants to become advocates of peace by reaching the unreached, to step down the knowledge acquired during the meeting.
Some participants at the meeting Lami Andrew and Ali Alola Alfinti, identified ignorance, poverty, political sentiments and extremism as major factors responsible for religious intolerance in the state.
They however highlighted love, education, awareness creation, understanding for one another and fight against poverty as panacea to religious intolerance and human rights violations.
They assured to step down the knowledge to grassroots.
Tekan Peace Desk with support from Brot and European Union is implementing a project ‘Faith for Peace’ in six communities; two each in Kwami, Yamaltu Deba and Ɓillliri local government areas of Gombe State.
The project focuses on empowering local actors to promote peace building, human rights, democracy and religious tolerance in Nigeria.
Participants at the meeting cut across community, religious and civil society organizations, media outfits, government & security agencies as well as human rights activists.
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