Health

Ogun Restates Commitment To Reproductive Healthcare Of Women

By Web News 969

Ogun State Government says it is determined to sustain the empowerment of women of reproductive age and families through the provision of quality family planning services to further improve the health indices of the state.

Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker made this known in Abeokuta, at the “End of Project Dissemination” put together by a development partner on reproductive health.

Dr. Coker said the state was poised to provide affordable, qualitative, and efficient healthcare delivery for the people.

The Health Commissioner noted that the Primary Healthcare Centres, PHCs, across the state had been renovated, equipped, and staffed to meet the daily health needs of people in various communities with the availability of human and material resources for family planning services.

Also, the Executive Secretary, Primary Health Care Development Board, Dr. Elijah Ogunsola said the state had drawn a strategic plan to enhance family planning programs, adding that support received from the partner over the four-year period would assist in improving the welfare of women of reproductive age.

Earlier, the Director, the Challenge Initiative, TCI, Nigeria, Dr. Victor Igharo who commended the government for showing interest in improving its family planning indices, gave the assurance that the organisation would continue to give technical backing to stimulate demand for family planning uptake.

Olusegun Folarin

Health

Oyo Govt Approves Renovation, Rehabilitation Of PHCs

By Web News 943

In a bid to boost health care delivery, Oyo State government has approved the renovation and rehabilitation of 299 primary healthcare centres, PHCs across the state with an estimate of 6 billion naira under an alternative project funding approach.

The Commissioner for Health, Dr Bashir Bello stated this while briefing newsmen after the executive council meeting in Ibadan.

He explained that the repayment would be spread over 12 months while government would only commence repayment after two months upon 20% completion of the projects.

Dr Bello added that the remaining 52 primary healthcare centres would be renovated by the Primary Healthcare Board as challenges of staffing would be duly addressed.

Also, Commissioner for Information, Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun at the briefing hinted on plans by the state government to procure 20 additional security vehicles at an estimated cost of 319 million naira to improve security challenges in the state.

The Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Mr Seun Ashamu disclosed that the executive council had approved the energizing of about 28 transformers across three senatorial districts into the national grid to boost electricity supply in the state.

Mr Ashamu noted that an estimate of 247 million naira had been earmarked as the cost of the tranformer energizing initiative.

Iyabo Adebisi