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How poor Jigawa women in neglected community contributed money to buy ‘ambulance’
Sep 27, 2020
Tired of waiting for the government to provide a basic health facility for their community, poor women in Baddo community in Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State have done what they considered the next best thing – taxed themselves to buy a vehicle they now use as an ambulance in their community.
The women clustered into 21 groups of 20 members each and contributed N1,000 each for two months to buy a vehicle for taking any of them in labour to the nearest health facility 31 kilometres away from their community.
The women made the contributions from the N5,000 they receive monthly from the federal government under the Conditional Cash Transfer scheme.
Some of the cluster leaders
The scheme was designed by the Muhammadu Buhari administration to assist poor households with a monthly stipend of N5,000. The beneficiaries are also trained and assisted in setting up small business.
A leader of one of the clusters, Hanne Hassan, told PREMIUM TIMES that they bought the vehicle for conveying women in labour to the nearest comprehensive health facility in the area.
Mrs Hassan said the community is difficult to access due to its location, as a result of which there is often no vehicle coming in. It also has no health centre.
She said the situation mostly affects women in labour and those who have complications in their pregnancies.
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