Nigeria: Cuba to Establish Eye Centre in Delta

14 July 2008

Delta — CHAIRMAN of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Chief Wellinghton Okrika, says Cuba is set to establish a specialist eye centre in the state, just as the Commission received over N200million worth of specialized medical equipment from donor agencies abroad.

He also revealed that the Commission has finally offered employment to 500 Deltans out of the over 10,000 applicants that applied for the Commission"s job, even as he said DESOPADEC has equally acquired a new office accommodation belonging to the Nigerain Ports Authority, NPA, in Warri.

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