By:
Abubakar Mohammed
The Nigerian Governor’s Forum has
disclosed that State governments would soon access the $500 million World Bank
funds meant for the development of health facilities in the States. According
to the World Bank, Health issues are now top rights issues in the world and as
such Nigerians are expected to benefit from Funds meant to promote access to
good health facilities in the Country.
These facts were disclosed to newsmen by
the Chairman Nigerian Governors Forum, Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State
after a closed door meeting which features presentations from Federal
Ministries, Departments and Agencies, International Development Partners in
health and the World Bank. Explaining further on the outcome of the meeting,
Governor Yari stated that the Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Health
had briefed the Forum on how to access the funds.
According to him, President Muhammadu
Buhari had directed Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Government
to make presentations to the Forum in order to enable state Governments key
effectively into the process of accessing such funds in order to improve the
overall health conditions of the citizenry.
Talking on the side lines after the
meeting, Adamawa State Governor Senator Muhammad Umar Jibrilla told newsmen
that he will make sure that his State is among the first to access the funds
because as far as the needs identified are concerned, Adamawa state is one of
the neediest states. The Governor disclosed that he inherited very poor Health
facilities when he took over which was exacerbated by the after effects of the
destructions caused by the insurgency.
Governor Muhammad Umar Jibrilla
expressed appreciation to the World Bank for their continued support given to
the State towards facilitating the implementation of Performance Based
Financing Project, which is a programme aimed essentially at improving Primary
Health Care Delivery Service at the Community level. The Adamawa Sub-project
which is being run by the State Primary Health Care Development Agency has so far
reached a target population of over 200,000 people in well over 200 Primary
Health Care facilities across the 21 Local Government Areas.
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