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The Millennium Development Goals Project in the state has executed various projects in Bauchi, Itas-Gadau and Tafawa-Balewa Local Government areas under the Two Thousand and Twelve conditional grant scheme to improve the wellbeing of the people.

Speaking during an assessment tour of the projects executed during the period under review, the monitoring and evaluation officer of the MDG’s in the state Alhaji Muhammed Lawal Bello, said the projects were executed in line with the MDG’s  commitment to improve the living condition of communities.

While at Mashema cottage hospital, Alhaji Muhammad Lawal said prior to the MDG’s intervention,  the newly constructed hospital has been facing security threats because it was constructed without fence, stressing that the hospital is now fenced and a new gate constructed at the entrance.

He said under the 2012 conditional  grant scheme, MDG’s has constructed two new cottage hospitals in Bununu and Yuguda as well as the renovation of Mashema Primary School in Itas-Gadau Local Government area.

The MDG’s monitoring and evaluation officer further said referral ambulances were provided at Yuguda and Bununu as well as medical equipment to enhance their operations.

While at the 150 bed Bununu and Yuguda cottage hospitals, Alhaji Lawal commended the contractors for the quality of job executed and called on the benefitting communities to guard the facilities from vandalisation.

He used the visit to describe the 2012 conditional grant scheme of the MDG’s as a huge success and thanked the state government for its support which has greatly contributed in the successes recorded so far.

Responding on behalf of Itas Gadau community, the Headmaster of Mashema central Primary school Malam Ali Buba, said the school’s building was renovated and provided with furniture to enhance teaching and learning.

He  used the occasion to call on parents in the area to utilize the opportunity by sending their wards to school.