{"id":22022,"date":"2025-10-24T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/?p=22022"},"modified":"2025-10-24T12:14:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:14:35","slug":"governance-that-heals-zamfaras-medical-miracle-wins-national-praises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/24\/governance-that-heals-zamfaras-medical-miracle-wins-national-praises\/","title":{"rendered":"Governance That Heals: Zamfara’s Medical Miracle Wins National Praises."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The program, organized by the Zamfara Ministry of Health, included eye surgeries, hernia repairs, VVF corrections, and treatment for other chronic diseases. Local and foreign volunteer doctors participated in the campaign, which also offered counseling and health education to residents.

Aisha Musa, 42, a VVF patient from Shinkafi, expressed gratitude after her successful surgery.
\u201cI suffered for years without help,\u201d she said. \u201cNow I can live a normal life again. May God bless those who made this possible.\u201d

Senate President Godswill Akpabio commended the initiative, describing it as \u201ca model for compassionate governance.\u201d
\u201cThis is the kind of leadership Nigeria needs \u2014 one that directly impacts citizens\u2019 lives,\u201d Akpabio said in a statement from his office. \u201cThe Senate will continue to support such efforts through appropriate policy and funding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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President Bola Tinubu also praised the Zamfara government, saying the program reflects his administration\u2019s \u201cRenewed Hope\u201d agenda for inclusive healthcare.
\u201cWhen states invest in the health of their people, they invest in Nigeria\u2019s future,\u201d Tinubu said in a statement released by his spokesperson. \u201cThe federal government will continue to partner with states to strengthen the health system.\u201d

Health experts described the outreach as one of the largest state-led medical interventions in northern Nigeria this year.

Community leaders said the program has restored sight to hundreds of elderly people and saved children from preventable hernia complications.
\u201cWe have not seen anything like this in years,\u201d said Alhaji Tukur Bukkuyum, a village head. \u201cIt shows that government still cares.\u201d

The Zamfara government said additional phases of the program will be launched in 2025 to target maternal health, malaria prevention and child immunization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The program, organized by the Zamfara Ministry of Health, included eye surgeries, hernia repairs, VVF corrections, and treatment for other chronic diseases. Local and foreign volunteer doctors participated in the campaign, which also offered counseling and health education to residents. Aisha Musa, 42, a VVF patient from Shinkafi, expressed gratitude after her successful surgery.\u201cI suffered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-naija-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.funminews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Zamfara-State-Governor-Dauda-Lawal-1.jpeg?fit=368%2C374&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22022"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22027,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22022\/revisions\/22027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}