Politics

Budget: Ogun Health Ministry Defends its 9.306bn Naira Proposal

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Ogun State Ministry of Health says its 2023 budget objectives will be to develop strategic and operational plans for the three levels of the health sector, in addition to monitoring the implementation and evaluation of the approved plan.

Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker stated this while defending the budget proposal of the ministry before the members of the Ogun State House of Assembly, OGHA Committee on Finance and Appropriation led by Mr Kunle Sobukanla during the ongoing budget defence at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.

Dr Coker stressed that the plans would be based on the principles of “people, prevention and proven intervention” for the well-being of residents.

The commissioner also assured improved health status for the people of the state through the provision of quality public health services.

A budget of 9.306 billion naira was presented by the health ministry as the total expenditure for the next fiscal year.

Meanwhile, the lawmakers also considered the 2023 budget proposals of the Ogun State Ministry of Finance, Budget and Planning, Ogun State Internal Revenue Service, and the Ogun State Primary Health Care Development Board among other affiliated agencies.

Oluwatoyin Adegoke 

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Health

Ogun Govt. Begins Distribution Of Insecticide-Treated Nets

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As part of efforts to check the spread of Malaria, the Ogun State Government through the Ministry of Health will begin the distribution of insecticides treatment nets from tomorrow, August 26th, 2021.

The Malaria Programme Manager at the Ogun State Ministry of Health, Mrs. Olamide Adeyinka made this known while featuring on a Paramount FM, Abeokuta programme. 

Mrs. Adeyinka said arrangements have been completed to ensure that every home in the state have access to the nets.

On her parts, the Programme Campaign Manager, Mrs. Mopelola Raji advised the people to make proper use of the nets and always keep them save to prevent it from frequent damages. 

Mrs. Raji appealed to residents to submit accurate number of occupants in each house to ensure even distribution of the insecticide treated nets.

She stressed that the distribution had been designed on the estimated number of people per house.

Oluwatoyin Adegoke

Health

Neglected Diseases: Ogun Trains Community Mobilisers

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As the world marks the day set aside for neglected tropical diseases, the Ogun State government has trained community mobilisers including teachers to sensitize households on the diseases.

The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Doctor Tomi Coker made this known in Abeokuta while briefing newsmen on the commemoration of the day by the ministry.

The commissioner stated that eighty per cent of the Ogun State population were at the risk of having onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis while Abeokuta North and Odeda Local Government Areas have the highest prevalence of Schistosomiasis in Nigeria quoting the report of the Federal Ministry of Health.

Doctor Coker who noted that the diseases are preventable and curable stated that the state government would continue to collaborate with relevant bodies to ensure that the people are sensitised to end the neglect of tropical diseases.

Representatives of the supporting partners of the Ogun State Ministry of Health in their various remarks commended the state government on its handling of various interventions in the state.

Six of the seventeen diseases classified as neglected tropical diseases are prevalent in Ogun State which includes Onchocerciasis, Inarun, Lymphatic Filariasis, Iwuse, Schistosomiasis, Atosi Aja, Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis, Aran Inu, Leprosy, Ete, And Buruli Ulcer, Egbo Adaajina.

Wale Oluokun