Ekiti acquires 187 solar-powered refrigerators for vaccines storage

Ekiti State has acquired 187 solar-powered cold chain refrigerators for vaccine storage for its primary healthcare centres in the 177 wards of the state. 

The state governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, who restated the commitment of his administration to further improve healthcare delivery in the state, also set aside N300 million for the State's Basic Health Care Provision Fund.

The Governor made this known, on Tuesday, at the commissioning of the Solar Direct Drive Cold Chain equipment at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.

He explained that the Cold Chain equipment was a well-coordinated effort towards achieving temperature-controlled environments to store, manage and transport the lifesaving products (otherwise known as vaccines) which must be continuously stored in limited temperature from the time they are manufactured until the moment of vaccination.

Sources: Government of Ekiti State and Nigerian Tribune