Minister for Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, has challenged Nigerians to make money by exploiting the opportunity provided by his ministry’s offer of N25, 000 per one case of guinea worm reported.

Chukwu described the policy as a deliberate effort by the Federal Government to wipe out guinea worm in the country, saying that the N25, 000 per report had no limit as one could report as many cases as possible.

The minister, who spoke during a visit to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Gombe, expressed satisfaction with the performance of the Centre in healthcare delivery.

He said a lot had been achieved by the FMC for which its Chief Medical Director, Dr. Saidu Abubakar, received commendation.

Chukwu said the Gombe FMC was among the first medical centres to establish sickle cell centre as well as many other specialised units.

The feat, according to him, would go a long way to enhance healthcare delivery in Gombe State.

The minister added that the policy of saving one million lives was to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG)’s health target.

He said President Goodluck Jonathan believed and laid emphasis on good leadership because a lot of success could be achieved through it for the betterment of the lives and well being of the citizenry.

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