About 6 Containers containing modern medical equipment which were purchased by erstwhile Governor Murtala Nyako, for Adamawa German Medical Center(AGMC), Yola and abandoned at Lagos port for over 12 years have arrived.
The containers loaded with medical equipment were supplied by Baba Mai Mongoro led administration for the maternity section of AGMC but dumped at the port for over 12 years by 4 successive adminstration, until the intervention by the present administration.
The release of the containers by the Clearing Agent and subsequent arrival in Yola followed the approval for the payment of the whooping #46million to the Agent by Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri.
NEWS PLATFORM learnt that already about #26million has been released to the Clearing Agent, and remained #20 million balance which will be paid to the agent after delivering the containers to German Medical Center in Yola.
Speaking to newsmen while inspecting the arrival of the containers at the AGMC in Specialist Hospital yestarday, the Secretary to the State Government, Malam Bashir Ahmad said that the equipment were released after the payment of #26 million, saying that the remaining#20 million will be released to the Agent upon delivery.
The SSG disclosed that the state government will invite the contractor handling the procurement of the equipment to present the list of items supposed to be in the containers for crosschecking and to know the amount paid for purchasing the equipment for subsequent installation.
He told newsmen that the clearing agent had revealed that on two occasions, the Nigeria Custom Service put off the containers for auctioning because they stayed at the Port for too long, but it was not successful due to intervention of some patriotic citizens of Adamawa who ensured the state does not loose the equipment.
He said the present administration is yet be briefed on why the containers were not delivered for over the years, and noted with satisfaction the efforts of Fintiri led administration in securing the release of the equipment for the benefit of the state.
But in her reaction to the development, the Administrator Adamawa German Medical Center, Hajiya Fadimatu Sani Yakubu, said her organisation is extremely happy with the release of medical facilities.
Hajiya Fadimatu appreciated Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri and the SSG for the approval and subsequent released of the money which saw the released of the containers to the medical center.
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