Buni CON, COMN has assured the continuous support of Yobe state government to the Biomedical Research and Training Center in the search for a solution to the rampant cases of kidney disease in some parts of the state.
He stated this in Damaturu when the Founder/Director of the center, Prof. Mahmoud Maina Bukar, presented an interim report to the Governor.
This is contained in a statement signed by the DG Press and Media to the Governor issued to newsmen.
Gov. Buni said “this research work is a wake up call to the government and people of the state and we are committed to getting to its logical conclusion”.
The Founder/Director of the Biomedical Research and Training center said 50 specialists from across the World were involved in the research work.
Prof. Mahmoud said the BioRTC is currently hosting local and international participants in computational Neuroscience of the fifth Summer School of the center.
Prof. Mahmoud who is also an Honorary Special Adviser on Research and Innovation to the Governor, said a research was conducted on 2,000 samples drawn from Bade and Damaturu Local government areas.
He explained that the initial result indicate high risk cases among fishermen in Bade local government.
Prof. Mahmoud commended Governor Buni for sponsoring the largest state funded disease research project in Africa.
He said the second phase of the research would further provide an indepth result to the causes of the disease.
The Director expressed optimism that the collaboration between the Research center with international Research institutes across the World would provide the required results to tackle the menace of Kidney disease in the state.
Earlier, Prof. Miguel Marravel, Deputy Head of School, Life Science, University of Sussex, commended Governor Buni for investing in research and training.
He assured that as international partners, they would support the Yobe research center to find a solution to kidney disease in the state.
