 The Biosa state government has entered into an agreement with some foreign firms to use drone technology to supply vaccines and other emergency medical aids to hard-to-reach areas in the state. The partnership, which is tasked the Biosa Health Supply Chain Transformation Project, is part of efforts to boost healthcare service delivery in the state. Our correspondent Jesse Essay has the details. Signing the Memorandum of Understanding The project is a $5 million investment by consortium of firms and the Biosa state government to improve access to healthcare within and outside Yanagwa, the state capital. Biosa is over 70 percent water. However, this project will reduce the risks associated with water transportation and bad weather amongst others. If we key into this project and this program, it will alleviate the suffering of our people, particularly in the hinterland and those who can hardly have access to health facilities and had no doubt in my mind that it was a project that was what doing and I gave my time from getting to access the vaccine and then giving it to the recipient is a very long hour. So what this aims to achieve is to reduce that time. For example, we spend three to four hours trying to get to where the vaccine location, what the headquarter is and then you move back another two hours to the health facility before you now administer the vaccine to the to the recipient, the person who wants to receive the vaccine. Now the drone is going to travel just about 30 minutes. This is coming at no cost on the state government. Consortium partners have invested their own money into it to ensure that we can really do this here. So in terms of infrastructure or capital cost investment, it is not costing the government or the people of Biosa state any money. The system can supply anything that can fit into the box. So we are really focused on healthcare. So the supplying blood, vaccines, medical products, anything from malaria, whatever disease you can think of will be able to supply them. This head supply chain transformation will further improve and enhance most of the activities that we intend to you know, execute to the head, submit blueprints. The initiative is also expected to provide job opportunities for residents as 100% of the manpower needed will be sourced from the state. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.