Ayade commissions drone-powered drugs delivery centre

Determined to bring health care delivery closer to the people as well as hard-to-reach areas, Cross River State governor, Sir Ben Ayade, Tuesday, commissioned Zipline Drone Distribution Centre, a drone-powered instant drugs logistic delivery service Centre.

Performing the commissioning at Ndok, in Ogoja Local Government Area, while on a campaign trail of the Northern Senatorial District, Governor Ayade said the establishment of Zipline drugs logistic centre was part of his administration's initiative to reduce mortality particularly in hard-to reach areas.

Stressing the idea behind the project, Ayade, in company of his wife, Dr. Linda Ayade, his Deputy, Prof. Ivara Esu, APC governorship candidate Prince Bassey Edet Otu, his running mate, Pete Odey, as well as other candidates of the party, noted that "In other to have optimum value for our pharmaceutical factory, we needed to partner with Zipline for the major supply of our drugs. Zipline core business is essential supply of drugs and logistics services."

Speaking on the benefits of the drone distribution centre, the governor further hinted that "this particular center in Ogoja will be serving over 300 health centers. Our primary healthcare structure will therefore reinvigorate and answer to all challenges of our people.”

The centre which MoU was signed in 2021 between the Cross River State government and Zipline, is a structure that will provide a fast and catalytic relationship between the state government's health insurance agency code-named AyadeCare and Zipline company.

The governor noted that as part of the synergy, "Zipline therefore will be our logistics consultant to receive drugs for our supply chains.

"So Zipline will deliver drugs to our primary health centers and other sensitive localities and even private health centers."

Accordingly, "Zipline will Provide all support systems to deliver quality drugs which will pass the quality control systems.

"With Zipline, a journey that would have taken more than eight hours to deliver sensitive items like drugs, can now be delivered in 30 minutes. We have moved a little from water and drone to the air delivery system.

"I want to use this opportunity to tell Cross Riverians that this is one of the beautiful things our administration has brought. This is a clear difference from a bimodal system to a digital matter."

The governor assured of government's support to Zipline, adding that "Cross River State government will stand by you and provide a shoulder for you to lean on.

“We are ready to support you financially and provide drugs for you to continue to provide logistics support services so that you can save the lives of our citizens.


For instance, if an Ndok man suffers a snake bite in the farm, just a call across to a dedicated line, a drone will locate you using global satellite positioning. The drone can then geolocate on absolute precision, which has a 99.9 percent accuracy.


Earlier, Commissioner for Health, Mrs. Janet Ekpeyong had disclosed that the commissioning of the centre was an outcome of a mandate by the governor to her and her predecessor to understudy similar feats in Ghana.

She thanked Ayade for his vision which she noted had berthed the drugs delivery centre.

Similarly, General Manager of Zipline Nigeria Limited, Mrs Catherine Obiaze said her company has brought a unique and cutting edge technology that will deliver real time, on time delivery of drugs to areas hitherto in accessible. She thanked Ayade and the Cross River State government for the partnership, adding that the project had a hundred percent local content in terms of engineers behind the scheme.

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Confusion. Just confusion

It would have been a good development but In a country that lacks maintenance culture like ours, I don't see this project surviving beyond his tenure cos the next governor elected don't always see relevance in any project done by their predecessor

Thats a joke with this present Nigeria situation, so many questions begging for answers, Where is the Electricity to Power it? With attitude of Nigerians the Drones might just go on a Journey of No return one day.

Very irrelevant.This dude has to get his priorities right abeg

No be light dem go use charge the drones?

The most clueless professor ever

This fake crocodile tears governor.

Na all these nonsense, eye-service projects that add little or no value to anyone's life you go do.

Not a bad idea if it is sustainable

Yu

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Can you imagine responses here... must we remain in a stone age ,is health no longer a priority ? His people are his priority so give him some breathing space...

ThoughtOfYou:
Confusion. Just confusion

You see am?

In a country with limited access to power and internet connectivity..? Well goodluck Mr Governor!

lawnreigh:
Thats a joke with this present Nigeria situation, so many questions begging for answers, Where is the Electricity to Power it? With attitude of Nigerians the Drones might just go on a Journey of No return one day.

Drone does not need any electricity and little or no maintenance.

Drones wey them go thief immediately e land to deliver the drugs.

Make una better attach bombs and bullets to that drone to fire any motherfucker wey try to steal am cos that's the only way to stop Nigerians from kidnapping it

Greatken007:
Can you imagine responses here... must we remain in a stone age ,is health no longer a priority ? His people are his priority so give him some breathing space...

lol, drone powered drugs delivery.
I'm sure the idea came out of his ass.

Nice one

Greatken007:
Can you imagine responses here... must we remain in a stone age ,is health no longer a priority ? His people are his priority so give him some breathing space...

Using drones to deliver drugs

Oh c'mon we deserve better, if there's constant electricity, good roads,good water, safe environment, etc. Den we can start talking about the drone delivering drugs

You need to treat what causes the sickness etc from the roots b4 anything, u can't cure or treat the measles or chickenpox from the outside but from the inside den to the surface..

I no kuku dey near am or is he reading my comments or even on nairaland to know our thoughts, so I wonder how we are not giving him a breathing space abi I dey hold air

U are moving faster than your shadows


Ayade just wasted the state money , we is the power , facility and knowledge to run this kind of project, not all European countries have this in place for know and countries with drone delivery services are gradually expanding/ exploring it

stonemasonn:
lol, drone powered drugs delivery.
I'm sure the idea came out of his ass.

The ass is still better , it came out of the pool that came out of his ass and that day he was feed with rotten eggs and beans

Make d drone no land for person head oooo

This one just dey play

ThoughtOfYou:
Confusion. Just confusion

You are very stupeed

Beautiful Nonsense ??

But where are drugs! Where are the standard hospitals? Where are the doctors?

Most of the reaponses here are shameful... Do you guys even read at all?

One mentioned you need light to power drones... Hahaha... It shows we have so many kids here..

The question is, is it the government that owns this firm or a private company? This same Zipline has been operating in Ghana and some other countries for years, why should Nigeria be different?

All I see here is mental slavery and most of una just talk without research

lawnreigh:
Thats a joke with this present Nigeria situation, so many questions begging for answers, Where is the Electricity to Power it? With attitude of Nigerians the Drones might just go on a Journey of No return one day.

What electricity? To power what?

Very irrelevant

Em, Check my profile if you need help with your dissertation, personal statement, statement of purpose, thesis, or assignment.

Joker of a governor.

He went to a remote area to commission a phantom project that will close shop immediately he leaves the place. This man has been the governor of Cross River going eight years now and has not commissioned any functional projects. All his projects always close shop after commissioning.

If you want to try this kind of thing, why not do it in the city where the people are knowledgeable to some extent and can manage it? He never told us how the people would make requests or pay for the drugs. He knows very well this program won't fly.

All this will end after few months.

This man is one of most confused and ineffective governor today.

Budget of olympotic thunder fire you