The Governor of Sokoto State, Ahmad Aliyu, has paid an unscheduled visit to the Sokoto Specialist Hospital to ascertain the quality of services provided by the outfit.
This was disclosed by Malam Abubakar Bawa, the Press Secretary to the governor, in a statement on Monday in Sokoto.
Bawa said that the governor’s decision to visit the health facility unannounced followed the series of concerns raised by citizens of the state over the poor health service delivery at the hospital.
The press secretary added that other concerns that spurred the governor to visit the hospital were the need to have a first-hand assessment of its delapitated structures, erratic power supply, dearth of manpower and lack of functional medical equipment, among others.
The governor expresses his dismay that patients and their relatives are subjected to all kinds of hazardous situations owing to dirty environment and lack of functional equipment in the medical facility while patients relatives rely solely on alternative sources of power due to erratic electricity supply in the hospital.
Governor Aliyu has directed the management of the hospital to see him for further discussions on how to remedy the ugly situation.
