By Abba-Eku Onyeka, Abuja
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Mohammad Musa Bello, has attributed success achieved in the fight against the dreaded COVID 19 pandemic to partnership with the United Nations (UN) and other development partners.
He assured his guests that the Federal Capital Territory Adminisrration (FCTA) is working assiduously to strengthen its healthcare facilities
He said, “We have established good protocols to make sure that we handle this third wave. The protocols that we have established during the first wave and the second wave have helped us tremendously and the experience and institutional capacity we’ve been able to develop during the last two phases is also helping us now
“We are comfortable now with the production and storage of oxygen in the FCT. We have a number of plants that are up and running, some under the Federal Government and quite a few under the FCT administration.
“We have now under the FCTA, a facility where we can take in up to 80 patients at one go who require full oxygen and this is piped to their beds where they can be taken care of. By the grace of God, we have never had the occasion to require the services of that facility, but it’s there. The medical personnel are there, all the trainings have been done. This is one investment that we have done at huge cost, but we pray that we never use it.”
Mallam Bello, also assured his guests that the FCTA will not relent in its responsibility of keeping residents safe and will continue to encourage them to adhere to all non-pharmaceutical protocols and getting vaccinated.
The Minister said it was a sad event that could not be forgotten in a hurry and expressed happiness at the opportunity of working to rehabilitate the building even better than it was prior to the incident.