Residents of Rafi LG urge Niger govt to upgrade health facilities

Residents of Kagara, the headquarters of Rafi local government area of Niger state have urged the state Government to upgrade the township general hospital to meet the health needs of the area.

The call is apparently coming at the heels of the rehabilitation of the federal trunk A road passing through the town by the Niger state government.

Alhaji Aminu Balarabe, a resident of the area, told our reporter in the area that at the moment, the hospital is the only general hospital serving long stretch of over 200 kilometers from Tegina, Pandogari, Mokwa, and Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State.

According to him, as a result of the bad state of most sections of the roads, lots of accidents occurred,just as most victims of the accidents are rushed to the hospital for medical attention.

He said, “The rehabilitation of Kagara township road has further place the upgrading of our General Hospital on the front line.

This is the only hospital after Mokwa. Accident victims are brought here from Mekera, Tegina, Maikujeri and Pandogari. Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, another resident said to prevent further loss of lives, he noted the need for the construction of speed bumps to limit the speed of vehicles on the rehabilitated road.

While, commending the state Governor for rehabilitating Kagara township road, he called for further intervention on the road to Pandogari which has gotten worse, saying the road is the major road linking the south west to Kaduna and Kano states

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