Maternal mortality: Jega LG hails firm for donation of multimillion drugs

By Ibrahim Bello

Jega Local Government in Kebbi has commended the state M-Tech Universal Concept Limited company for the donation of multimillion Naira drugs to a hospital in support of the fight against child and mother mortality.

The Chairman of the council, Alhaji Murtala Aliyu-Jega, made the commendation while receiving the drugs in Jega LGA on Tuesday

“This is highly commendable, we really appreciate what the company has done for Dr Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu Maternal and Child Health Centre, for our people in the area.

“Health is wealth and whoever donates drugs to save lives of children, mothers, truly deserves to be commended.”

Aliyu-Jega urged well-to-do individuals, philanthropists and politicians to emulate this kind of gesture for a healthy society and reduction of maternal and child mortality.

A cross- section of patients in the contre when interviewed, thanked the company for the gesture, saying that their philanthropic gesture would go along way to relieve the less- privileged in the society.

(NAN).