Kogiflame
The Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Ododo has commissioned 80 revitalized primary health care centers across the 21 local government areas just as he commended President Ahmed Bola Tinubu for investing heavily in the revitalization of primary healthcare centres in the country.
He noted that this effort has taken quality healthcare to the door steps of rural communities.
Governor Ododo stated this on Friday during the commissioning of first phase of 80 revitalized primary health care facilities, stakeholders engagement meeting, state lleadership challenge awards to local government areas and handing over of health equipment and commodities in Lokoja.
The Governor who also commissioned one of the revitalized primary health care centers in Lokoja on behalf of others facilities said the revitalization of primary health cares centers across the country by the President indicate that President Tinubu has transformed health sectors by taking it to the grassroots for the people to have assess to free heath care delivery.
“In the past rural communities had to rush with their sick ones to towns where they can asses health facilities and in most cases due to distance the sick persons died before reaching the hospital.
“Today the trend has been reversed as a result of massive investment in primary healthcare centres through the National Primary Health Development Agency. We are very grateful to the president and the agency” he stated.
He noted that his administration is following the footstep of the President by making sure that Kogi State witness rapid and positive development across all the 21 local government areas.
He called on the people not to vandalised the facilities warning that who ever is cut for vandalization the facilities, such person will be brought to justice.
The governor announced cash rewards of ₦250,000 each to winners in the PHC Leadership Challenge in all Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state.
He also approved ₦3 million, ₦2 million, and ₦5 million for the first, second, and overall best-performing LGAs respectively in each senatorial district.
Earlier, the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency NPHCDA, Dr. Muyi Aina in his speech said the agency works with states to develop primary health care services and infrastructure and systems.
His words, “So, what that means is that we don’t run the facilities, we don’t own the facilities, you do. We have done a number of things together over the last year and a little bit and we will do a lot more.
“At the beginning of the year, we planned to do 196 primary health care centers for revitalization some by federal government, most of it you know by the state, a few by partners that we have gently convinced but the governor has even surpassed that in his target and he’s doing a lot more than that.
“Today as has already been mentioned we are also going to be handing over a stock of primary health care equipment that will go to a few of the facilities 24 or so to start with and then we are going to be deploying more. We have worked with his Excellency to provide equipment for vaccine storage. We also have essential medicines
“The number of primary health centres that will be receiving basic health care provision from quarter three, right now they’re about 237. We’re adding another 249. These facilities will receive funds every quarter. The low volume ones will receive 600,000, the high-volume ones will receive 800,000 directly from NPHCDA every quarter. This will enable them to turn on the lights, to hire adhoc workers and do other things that they need to do.
