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NPHCDA Restates Commitment to Improved Healthcare Services

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By Hassan Hussain (Abuja)

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, has reiterated its commitment towards ensuring Nigerians have access to quality healthcare services.

The Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of the NPHCDA, Dr. Muyi Aina made this known in Abuja during a media briefing where he rolled out the plan of the agency in the next four years.

Dr Aina noted that the agency under his watch was working assiduously to provide better access to higher quality services, increase community demand and improve health systems resilience through the expansion of the number of facilitates across the country.

“Over the next four years, we are going to really be working to make them fully functional by making them have what they need to provide quality services. We will ensure that they have the workforce, the commodities and technical assistance to make good use of the resources that they getting through the decentralized facility financing and that they have all the equipment and infrastructure including accommodation for the front-line health workers that are working in the health centres.”

Dr. Aina who identified overall directions in the next couple of to deliver on its mandate pointed out that the present administration under President Bola Tinubu had shown unflinching commitment to the health sector particularly primary health care due to its closeness to the people at the grassroots.

The NPHCDA boss also revealed that the federal government is set to commence the second phase of vaccination against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) by May 2024, in 21 States.

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Health

PWDs In Osun Seek Improved Access To Education, Healthcare, Justice

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A cross-section of stakeholders in Osun State want persons with disability to have equal opportunity and access to good healthcare, education and justice with other people in the country.

They made the call in Osogbo at the inauguration of the State Disability Inclusion Project for September 2021 to August 2022 designed by the Albino Foundation and other Civil Society Organizations, CSOs.

According to the organizers of the event, which are mostly non-governmental bodies, including the Osun State Ministries of Health, Education, and Justice, the Disability Inclusion Project sponsored by the Disability Rights Foundation, is to facilitate easy access to basic needs of persons with disability in government departments and agencies.

They appreciated the efforts of government at making life better for them but lamented the stigmatization and the attitude of other members of the public to their disabilities.

Speaking on the project, some stakeholders, including the General Manager, Radio Nigeria Gold FM, Mr. Adedamola Tinubu, promised that the station would continue to promote peaceful coexistence, as well as show love and care to the persons with disabilities.

In a remark, the Chairman of the Project Advocacy Steering Committee, Mr. Bukola Idowu, pledged that the members would do everything possible to improve the understanding of key officers of the ministries of Education, Health and Justice on disability inclusion, thereby engendering imoroved inclusion and accessibility to better services for persons with disabilities.

Earlier, the Convener and Chief Executive Officer, Albino Foundation, Mr. Jake Epelle, explained that the Disability Inclusion Project was to influence government policies and programmes in Osun State towards promoting inclusion and mainstreaming of disability for equal access to services and intervention.

Mr. Epelle emphasized the need for the Advocacy Steering Committee to work together with other stakeholders and create a conducive society for persons with disability to live in.

Funmi Adekoya

Security

Security Company Donates Building to the Police

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Oyo State Police Command has commenced recruitment of Community Policing Volunteers.

The Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Mr. Shina Olukolu stated this in Ibadan while commissioning the administrative block donated by Crime Alert Security Network to Egbeda Division of Oyo State Command of Nigeria Police Force.

Mr. Olukolu said explained that the command had begun screening of the volunteers in connection with traditional rulers, and members of the Police Community Relations Committee.

The Commissioner of Police said those to be recruited must be able-bodied and be between the ages of twenty-one and fifty years.

Speaking on the donation, Mr. Olukolu commended the donor, who is also the Chief Executive Officer, Crime Alert Security Network, Dr. Amos Olaniyan and called on Nigerians to emulate the gesture.

In a remark, the Chief Executive Officer, Crime Alert Security Network, Dr. Amos Olaniyan called on police to embrace ideas from the private sector that could help them to achieve their vision.

Dr. Olaniyan also advocated adequate training for police officers to be more efficient.

At the event, the chairman, Police Community Relations Committee, PCRC, Oyo State Command, Mr. Peter Omofoye pronounced the Crime Alert Boss as patron of PCRC.

Sunday Ogunyemi