Obi donates N15m to health, Quranic schools in Bauchi

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The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has donated N15 million to Malikiya College of Nursing Sciences and Intisharu Taufizul Quranic School in Bauchi State.

Obi made the donations to the two schools on Friday in Bauchi during a visit.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Obi donated the sum of N10m to the nursing school and N5m to the Quranic School.

Speaking at the Malikiya College of Nursing Sciences, the presidential hopeful said that nurses have been playing a vital role in the country’s health sector.

He said, “You are very important to society, you are very important to this country called Nigeria and if there is anything we can do to support what you are doing, we need to do it.

“Today, we know that the number one measure of success of any nation is health and you can’t measure health without thinking of the human infrastructure

“The nurse is important. The nurse knows the patient, the nurse owns the patient, the nurse is everything.” Punch