A member of the House of Representatives, Ibrahim Shehu Gusau, has claimed that there are only 10 qualified government-sponsored medical doctors serving in Zamfara State. 

The lawmaker, who represents Gusau/Safe Federal Constitutency in Zamfara State, blamed successive administrations in the state for the pathetic situation which had exposed the people of the state to untold suffering and avoidable death. 

He spoke yesterday when he appeared on the 'hot deat' interview programme put together by the House of Representatives Press Corps in Abuja.

He specifically blamed Governor Abdullaziz Yari for compunding the situation by failing to provide conducive working environment for doctors and nurses in the state who were left with no option but to seek greener pastures in other parts of the country. 

Gusau, who recently defected from the All Prograssives Congress (APC) to the People's Democratic Party (PDP), claimed that the situation was not different in the provision of basic amenities like road, water and educational facilities which has confined the state to least educational facilities which has confined the state to the least educationally-developed state in the country. 

Gusau, who is angling for the governorship seat of the state on the platform of the PDP at the 2015 poll, maintained that he remains the candidate to beat.

He added that his being from Zamfara Central Senatorial zone, coupledwith the marginalisation of the people of the state and the abysmal  performance of the APC-led administration have placed him at an advantage.