The Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, on Saturday laid the foundation for the construction of a 200-bed Emergency and Infectious Disease Hospital in Kaita, Katsina State. Tribune Online reports that the hospital, being built at the cost of N21billion, would provide services to patients in the North-West zone. It is one of the 12 hospitals being constructed by the NNPC across the six geopolitical zones of the country. Earlier, Katsina State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Mannir Yakubu, said the construction of the infectious disease hospital would complement the effort of the state government in providing quality healthcare services to the people. Yakubu thanked the NNPC for the intervention and prayed that the project would be completed on schedule.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 06, 2020 16:30 UTC