The Jaiz Charity and Development Foundation is set to partner with the Islamic Medical Association of Nigeria (IMAN), to cater for the health needs of the downtrodden in the country. The foundation has also donated N5 million for surgeries of 100 Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) patients.
The N5m cheque was presented to the national president of IMAN, Dr Salisu Ismail, by the Director-general and CEO of the foundation, Amb. Adamu Babangida Ibrahim. He said “the donation was made following the approval of its board and within the strategic intervention of the Foundation”.
Ibrahim disclosed that the N5 million will be used by IMAN to carry out surgeries for 100 VVF patients at the cost of N50,000 each, adding that: “The medical programme will be flagged off on Saturday at Sabon Wuse General Hospital, Niger State by wife of the president, Mrs Aisha Buhari, saying it will cover 24 states of the country.”
“The Foundation is a separate establishment set up nationally by Nigerians, for Nigerians and beyond, to carryout interventions in various forms in education, agriculture, health and humanitarian services among others.”
“We have done direct interventions to IDPs in Adamawa, Gombe, Borno, Bauchi and even direct interventions with the displaced who are not in the camp. And recently, we also undertook intervention in the eastern part of the country, in Enugu, Ebonyi and Abia states,’’ he said.
