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Uproar Over Confinement, Torture Facilities In The North

Uproar Over Confinement, Torture Facilities In The North

Recently, Nigerians were naturally horrified upon seeing the emaciated inmates who were released by security operatives following the discovery of rehabilitation centres in Kaduna, Kwara and some other northern cities, where they had been held in torturous confinement.

The revelation that such degree of dehumanisation had been going on under the nose of the authorities and within the communities triggered big shock among the citizenry.

People wondered how such atrocious activities could have been carried on and hidden for so long in open view, to the extend that the concerned state governments were ignorant of the goings on at the …

80% Of Health Facilities In Niger State Are Non-Functional

80% Of Health Facilities In Niger State Are Non-Functional

Despite the national drive for Universal Health Coverage (UHC), which ensures access to affordable and quality health care, over 80 percent of Primary Health Care (PHC) facilities are non-functional in Niger State, the government disclosed recently.

The Permanent Secretary, Niger State Ministry of Health, Mr. Makusidi Mohamad, speaking at a two-day retreat on PHC in Abuja, said the state has over 1,400 PHC facilities in the state, but that only less than 20 percent are functional.

Mohamad decried that Nigeria, which clocked 59 years of independence still records bad health indices because of the long neglect and poor handling …