“I AM FROM DAURA KATSINA”–BELEMAOIL TEIN JACKRICH’S CHARITY BEGINS ABROAD, MOTHER AND CHILD HOSPITAL PROJECT KICKS OFF

BY IBRAHIM BAKARE

The sleeping Daura Emirate Council in Katsina state community got rejuvenated as the Chief Executive Officer and President of BelemaOil Producing Limited Tein Jack-Rich had few weeks ago signed agreement for a contract to build multi-million USDollar 100-Beds Hospital at the home town of President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari.  The indigenous Oil prospecting and exploration company Belemaoil will collaborate with   other related Non-Governmental organizations including that established his wife Elizabeth Jack-Rich Aid Foundation and NNPC/Belemaoil Joint Venture and Belemaoil Aid Foundation. The project was conceived based on the facts that there has been high prevalent in maternal and child death in Daura.

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During the signing ceremony of the contract agreement, the Project Manager of Belemaoil Mansur Korfi stated that the natives of Daura were consulted and they selected the type of project that will impact most to their immediate needs of which 100-Bed Mother and Child hospital top their priority list.

From the prototype the actual project when completed will have incubators, a Theater, many consulting rooms, 3-Doctors Living Quarters, Private and Open Wards, Labour Room, Kitchen and Mortuary facilities all-inclusive in the ultra-modern hospital.

Speaking further, he said “I am from the state but not from Daura community. I know the state of the area, healthcare facility is scarce there, and that is why the people of the area through their traditional rulers demanded for the facility. In this effect, the project when completed will serve a tremendous relief to the people and reduce the maternal and infant deaths in the community and its environs”.

Continuing, he admitted that “There is presently high rate of child death in the community, women trek several kilometers with back before they can access functional hospital for either treatment of their sick child, antenatal care or delivery. Sometimes the babies die before they could get to the hospital, it is a pathetic situation”.

The former Assistant Inspector General of Police –AIG Ahmed Sanni-Daura an indigene of the community who with three other persons from the locality in attendance during the signing ceremony said “ This is not the first time Belemaoil under the NNPC Joint Venture have done something so marvelous in Daura. They recently provided facility for potable water supply to the community, some others in Sokoto and Gombe states, and this is the hallmark of Belemaoil and we really appreciate that. This hospital that is meant for women and children is a laudable project that is well received by the community, and I believe it is going to provide a lasting legacy as what Belemaoil has done to the people of our community”. 

The Rivers state born Tein Jack-Rich, President of Belemaoil reiterated the importance of the 100-Bed hospital located at Daura as it will unite the people of Southern Nigeria with their counterparts in the Northern part of Nigeria as “The project is for humanity and it is important that is so recognized. It is meant to showcase love and not any form of arrogance. It is designed to display humility and recognize the importance of human race. The hospital will go a long way to helping our brothers within Daura Emirate Katsina and environs and I pray that the contractors who are going to handle the project consider it as an important legacy for them and also ensure a successful execution of the same and ensure it is maintained and kept as new at all times”.