ZAMFARA: Gov visits attack victims in hospitals, foots bills of entire patients
By IBRAHIM KANOMA, Gusau
Governor of Zamfara State, Hon Mohammed Bello Matawalle, has paid an unscheduled visit to victims of recent banditry attack in Kanoma town of Maru Local Government.
The Governor paid the visit to both emergency units of the two medical facilities Tuesday night, according to a statement by Zailani Bappa, his Special Adviser on Public Enlightenment, Media and Communication.
He examined the wounds sustained by the eleven victims including one Army officer and ordered the billing of their entire medical expenses forwarded to the Government for settlement.
Governor Matawalle further visited the entire patients at the Emergency unit other than the attack victims where he also announced the shouldering of their medical expenses. He also ordered that feeding allowances will be given to all the patients as they take the treatment at the unit.
The Governor expressed his heartfelt commiseration to the victims and assured that his administration will not relent in its commitment to ending banditry in the state.
