Dr Ben Egbo commiserates with Yobe State over demise of former Governor Bukar

By Mohammed Kaka

The Aspirant for the position of Secretary General in the forthcoming elections of the Nigerian Medical Association(NMA) Dr Ben Egbo has commiserated with the Government and good people of Yobe State over the demise of a former Governor of the State H.E Alhaji Bukar Abba Ibrahim.

Late Alhaji Bukar Abba Ibrahim, governed Yobe state from 1999 to 2007 before serving several terms in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Dr Ben Egbo who has been in private medical practice in Yobe state for the past thirty years made this known in a press statement yesterday.

He is at present, the Protem Chairman of the Association of Nigerian Private Medical Practitioners (ANPMP), Yobe State Chapter and had interacted with the then State Governor as the Chairman, NMA Yobe State Branch.

Dr. Egbo recalled that when Alh Bukar Abba served as Governor of the State, he was very accommodating to the NMA and positively impacted on the Health Care delivery system of the state.

Dr Ben Egbo who also doubles as the Chairman of the Committee of Past NMA Chairmen, Yobe State, prayed for the repose of the political giant and may the Almighty God and grant the Yobe state Governor H.E Alh Mai Mala Buni, the good people of Yobe State and the immediate family of the deceased, and the fortitude to bear this irreplaceable loss.