The United Nations Children’s Fund (), says it has concluded arrangements for the upgrade of the Jigawa State Drugs Store.
The UNICEF Project Coordinator, Lourdes Eleana stated this at the inauguration of the project on Wednesday in Dutse.
According to Eleana, the project will be implemented in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health.
She said the project would be executed in four months in spite of time constraints, adding that a team of engineers from the federal and state Ministries of Health would assist towards its successful execution.
“As part of the project, offices will be build around the warehouse and the quality of staff will also be improved to cater for the warehouse when completed,” she said.
The UNICEF official sought the support of stakeholders to ensure timely completion of the project.
The state Commissioner for health, Dr Muhammad Inuwa said the warehouse helped in addressing shortage of drug storage facilities in the state, especially during COVID-19 pandemic.
“In the wake of the pandemic, we borrowed space from hotels and some private organizations to store our consignment,” he said.
While commending the UNICEF for the gesture, Inuwa pledged support to facilitate smooth execution of the project.
Jigawa government and UNICEF had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the project.
