The Katsina state government has closed 69 health centers in some parts of the state due to widespread instances of insecurity.
This was confirmed by the Executive Secretary of the Katsina State Primary Health Care Agency (SPHA), Dr. Shamsudeen Yahaya, in an interview with state journalists on Tuesday, July 5.
According to information leaked out from Within Nigeria, Yahaya says two such centers in Batsari local government were completely burned down by bandits operating in the area.
“Most of the health facilities in the area have been taken over by the rogues. The solar refrigerators provided in such facilities have been modified for use by the bandits,” he said
He also revealed that some health workers had been kidnapped and lamented the increasing demand for workers to be relocated in the affected areas.
Regarding the state’s run-down health centers, Yahaya said the government has finalized plans to renovate a health center in each of the state’s 361 counties.
He expressed the state government’s commitment to ensure the full rehabilitation of the health centers.
However, due to the dilapidation of the Sha’iskawa Clinic in the state’s Mani County, the clinic has been temporarily relocated to an Islamiyya school as the building that houses the clinic is on the verge of collapse.
