By Omolara Adasofunjo
Ogun State House of Assembly has challenged the management of the State Ministry of Health and Hospital Management Board to accord high priority to the purchase of more hospital equipment for all health facilities during the next fiscal year.
This, according to the lawmakers, will enhance healthcare delivery to the people.
The Assembly through the members of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation, led by Mr Musefiu Lamidi, stated this while playing host to the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker during the ongoing budget defence session held at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
The Committee Chairman together with his co-lawmakers enjoined the Ministry to do more to equip the various health facilities in the State to further deliver on the qualitative health programmes of the government, calling for the immediate purchase of MRI machine for use at the Olabisi Onabanjo Teaching Hospital, Sagamu.
In her presentation, the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Coker explained that the purchase of MRI machine for the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital was already receiving the attention of the government, stating that the Ministry proposed a total of N15.591bn as its total expenditure for the next financial year.
Giving a breakdown of the budget proposal, the commissioner said that capital expenditure for next year would gulp N11.785bn, while personnel cost would take N2.094bn, just as N1.712bn was earmarked for overhead.
Other commissioners, who defended their ministry’s 2025 appropriation bill included State Commissioner for Forestry, Engr. Oludotun Taiwo, his Sports Development counterpart. Mr Wasiu Isiaka, State Auditor General, Mr Lateef Balogun and his Local Government counterpart.
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