The governors of the 19 northern Nigerian states have signed a pact with General Electric for the upgrade of healthcare infrastructure and manpower across the region.
 
Isa Gusau, the spokesman of the Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, in a statement on Wednesday said his boss signed the MOU on Tuesday at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja with the American company on behalf of the 19 state governors.
 
Governor Shettima is the Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum.
 
‎‎General Electric was represented at the ceremony by ‎its Vice Chairman/President, Global Growth, John ‎Rice, and Chief Executive Officer of G.E Nigeria, Lazarus Agbazo.
 
Mr. Gusau said the governors have also created the Northern Nigeria Global Economic Re-integration Program (NNGERP), with a former Presidential Economic Adviser, Tanimu Kurfi as chairman, to work with G.E in implementing the MOU.
 
Mr. Agbazo, in his remark outlined the five pillars of the agreement.
 
These are that G.E would develop ‎specialized hospitals and diagnostic centres of excellence, build the capacity of healthcare professionals, ‎‎revitalize primary and referral healthcare to support attainment of universal healthcare coverage, manage equipment services projects including technology, services & maintenance, and explore‎‎ local bio-manufacturing solutions.
 
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