BY MUSA IDRIS UMAR, NOVEMBER 05, 2025 | 06:34 PM

Members of the Nigerian Association of Radiographers, Borno State branch, have donated food items to the Maiduguri Orphanage House as part of activities marking the 2025 World Radiography Day.

Chairman of the association, Abubakar Goni Bashir, said the donation was part of their contribution to the community as they commemorate the annual event on November 8.

'We are here at the orphanage house in Maiduguri as part of our contributions in commemorating World Radiography Day, which is coming on the 8th of November,' he said.

'As part of the day, we chose here to donate food items to those people. From Monday to Saturday, we are calling it Radiography Week. We started activities on Monday, where we visited schools to create awareness for them on their health and our profession.'

He said the group is also conducting free ultrasound scans for pregnant women across selected primary healthcare centers in Maiduguri.

'We are to scan nothing less than 200 to 300, and we are doing that tomorrow, Thursday,' Bashir said.

Center manager of the Maiduguri Orphanage House, Hajiya Bawa Gana, thanked the association for the gesture and urged others to emulate them.

'We are very grateful to the association of radiographers, Borno State Chapter, for the food items because today is part of the commemoration of the World Radiography Day 2025,' she said.

'The way they thought and brought these items here, no one would ever think of that. We are grateful for that. We are also calling on people that they should reach out to those orphans.'

She said the number of children at the orphanage changes frequently.

'There is no fixed number of people here because sometimes it will be more than 70 while sometimes below,' she said.

'Any missing person here in Maiduguri is brought here. Some who have problems with their parents or mental illness are also brought here. That’s why I can’t tell you the exact figures because sometimes we discharge 10 or more than that.'

Radiographer Elizabeth Aden Medugu said the association carries out similar humanitarian and awareness activities every year.

'We visit orphanages, sometimes prisons, schools, and many other places before the particular date, which is the 8th of November every year,' she said.

'Year in, year out, these are the activities we usually do. So today, we are here in the orphanage. We paid a visit to them and presented some food items and snacks for them. Tomorrow, we are having a community outreach at some primary healthcare centers where we will attend to all the patients free of charge.'

Intern radiographer at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Muhammad Ahmed Sanda, said the visit was also to raise awareness about the radiography profession.

'Today, we came out in commemoration of the upcoming World Radiography Day to share among our community and show them they are part of our celebration,' he said.

'We shared a few food items and communicated with the caretakers of the home, and we look forward to doing more of these activities moving forward, insha’Allah.'

He said, they had earlier visited schools to enlighten students about radiography.

'We went to enlighten SSC students in Maiduguri Capital School about the radiography course and the profession,' he said.

'They asked a lot of questions, and we were happy to entertain them. They were excited to hopefully join radiography and propel it forward.'

Sanda described radiography as a vital part of healthcare delivery.

'Radiography is one of the most important professions in the hospital setting because even in trauma cases, the first thing you do is to see what is wrong with the patient before moving forward for any treatment,' he said.

'So x-rays and scans are very vital, and we are advocating for more professionals in this field to come forward and help improve healthcare services in Nigeria.'