The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has commended the Redeemed Christian Church of God for the donation of a dialysis centre to the state.
Speaking during the unveiling at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, on Saturday, the governor, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Alhaji Ali Babayo, described the gesture as an intervention that would improve service delivery in the health sector.
He said the health sector needed greater collaborations between the government and other relevant institutions like religious bodies to make greater impacts.
“The government is willing and it is embracing the opportunity to work with the church to implement social-intervention programmes that would be beneficial to all residents of the state and we urged other religious bodies to take a cue from RCCG’s intervention,” Mohammed said.
The initiative was facilitated by the charity arm of the church, His Love Foundation as part of its medical intervention programmes, bringing the number of dialysis machines commissioned across Nigeria to 37.
In a statement on Thursday, the Assistant Continental Overseer in charge of CSR, Pastor Idowu Iluyomade, said the donation in Bauchi was specifically to ensure the impact projects of the charity organisation, continue to spread across the length and breadth of the country.
Iluyomade explained that the center in Bauchi has three Dialysis Machines, one Medical Water Reverse Osmosis Purification System and one dedicated 30KVA generator to complement Bauchi State Government efforts in the critical health management system.
He said, “The church is committed to impacting lives in all ramifications as the case burden for kidney disease management is quite heavy, but with the special grace of God, the Christian Social Responsibility arm of the Redeemed Christian Church Of God will continue to uphold the divine mandate of our Lord and Saviour.”
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