The Zamfara Government has earmarked N10.6 billion for various healthcare projects and programmes in the state’s 2020 budget. The state Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Yahaya Kanoma, disclosed this to newsmen after defending the ministry’s 2020 budget proposals at the state House of Assembly in Gusau on Wednesday. Kanoma said that the state government planned to execute various health projects and programmes to enhance healthcare service delivery at the primary and secondary healthcare facilities across the state. Meanwhile, the state government had also earmarked N500 million for various rural development projects across the state. The state Commissioner for Rural Development and Cooperatives, Alhaji Abubakar Abdullahi, disclosed this to newsmen in Gusau on Wednesday.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 08, 2020 10:30 UTC