H.E Mrs. @aishambuhari commissions Future Assured Women And Youth Empowerment Centre in Kano

Earlier today H.E Mrs. @aishambuhari commissioned the Future Assured Women And Youth Empowerment Centre in Kano.

Mrs Buhari holds medical outreach for Women, Children in Makurdi. PHOTOS

Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari’s pet project,“Future Assured” has organised a five-day medical outreach for the screening and treatment of 2,000 women, youths and children in Benue.

The medical team for the outreach taking place at Government Girls College, Makurdi, will screen the beneficiaries and treat them for various ailments including high blood pressure and diabetes.

Mrs Maryam Hadi, who is the health coordinator of Mrs Buhari’s pet project, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi on Thursday that the exercise was aimed at providing free medical care for women, children and youths in the state.

According to Hadi, there will also be screening of the beneficiaries for early detection of breast and cervical cancer and diagnosis for malaria in addition to conducting a de-worming for more than 1,000 school children.

NAN reports that the initiative is a collaboration between “Future Assured” and the Benue State Government to tackle health challenges facing women, youth and children.

The aim of the medical programme is to improve the health status of the less privileged families in the state.

The medical outreach, which is expected to last for five days, will also provide free HIV testing and counselling to the beneficiaries.

Aisha Buhari commissions ‘mobile clinic’

President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha, has commissioned a mobile clinic programme to provide basic and essential health care services to people, especially those living in hard to reach areas of the country.
The event took place on Wednesday at the State House.

Speaking at the event, Mrs. Buhari said the programme is part of the humanitarian services that her pet project, Future Assured, provides to underprivileged Nigerians especially those that reside in the remotest parts of this country.

The mobile medical outreach, as stated by the national coordinator of Future Assured, Kamal Mohammed, is about improving health and providing services in remote areas.



He said the clinic is equipped with consultation, dispensing, and observation areas as well as a mini-lab and a nursing station.

“With the commissioning of this vehicle, organizing the medical outreach done frequently by Future Assured to remote areas is now easier.” Said Mrs. Buhari.

So far, medical screening has held at Cross River, Enugu, Oyo, Ogun, Kogi, Nasarawa, Adamawa and Katsina states in order to create a sense of health consciousness among citizens, with thousands of beneficiaries checked for blood pressure, malaria, blood sugar and sickle cell.

The activities will continue in other states, a statement by Mrs. Buhari’s office said.

Mrs. Buhari said the clinic would provide routine screening of chronic ailments including Vitamin A supplementation and deworming of children, as well as treatment of minor medical conditions.

It will also identify client operations that require referral to Primary Health Care and other health centers for further management or continuity of care.

So far, two of these mobile clinics are available to service FCT and its catchment areas, with additional units envisaged in the near future to service remote communities in all geographical zones.

These humanitarian services of Future Assured are aimed at complementing government’s efforts in health care delivery.

Aisha Buhari Builds Orphanage and School In Maiduguri

Suleiman Haruna, Maiduguri: Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari has commenced the construction of Aisha Buhari Foundation Orphanage and School in Maiduguri. Foundation of the project was laid by the Deputy Governor of Borno state, Alhaji Usman Mamman Dirkwa on Tuesday, February 28, 2017.

The institution is expected to provide basic necessities of life for orphans, in order to afford them a chance to grow up into normal adulthood; it will provide shelter, educational and health facilities as well as income generating activities.

Mrs. Buhari, who was represented at the event by Senior Special Assistant to the President, Dr. Hajo Sani, has consistently called for more humanitarian action in the North East, matching her words with action with the commencement of the project.
“This project is borne out of my passion of improving the living condition of victims of conflicts and other humanitarian crises, particularly, children.”

Deputy Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Usman Mamman Dirkwa, appreciated the commitment of Mrs. Buhari and prayed God to strengthen her. He also promised that Borno state will continue to provide an enabling environment for humanitarian organizations to operate.

She also used the opportunity to appreciate the concern, love and philanthropy shown by well-meaning Nigerians and organizations towards the IDPs and urged them to do more. She singled out the Governor of Borno state, Kashim Shettima, for exhibiting high-level of political will and providing an enabling environment for all humanitarian actors both local and international.

Mrs. Buhari also spoke glowingly of the people of Borno state, whose resilience, spirit of brotherhood and a high sense of neighbourliness has considerably reduced the impact of the displacement on the IDPs; she said this was worthy of emulation by not only Nigerians but by the whole of humanity.

On their part, two young IDPs were full of praises for Mrs. Buhari, who they see as a champion and a vanguard. “She has done a lot for the IDPs. She has been at the forefront of assisting us and reminding others to do the same. Today, water and food are no longer challenges at the IDP camps” said a young IDP.