Prof. Ahmed Ahidjo, the Chief Medical Director of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), says said the hospital spend between N40 to N67 million on diesel monthly.
Ahidjo made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Maiduguri.
He said since the transmission line supplying power to Maiduguri was destroyed in January 2021 by insrgents, the hospital depends largely on generators for its operations.
”The single most costly item among all the expenditure of this hospital is diesel. Averagely we spent between N40 to N67.5million monthly on diesel and the gross revenue generation for the hospital is averagely N40m.
“So, that means diesel alone takes up everything and we cannot even pay get other consumables and drugs that we need to run the hospital which is averagely about N58m monthly,” Ahidjo said.
He urged well-meaning individuals and organisations to come to the aid of the hospital.
