7 hours Ago By Umar Sani
The Bauchi State Government has disclosed that it has earmarked N5 billion for the renovation of all the primary health care centres across the state. The state governor, Bala Mohammed, disclosed this on Tuesday during the commissioning ceremony of six revitalised Primary Health Care Centers in the Kirfi Local Government Area of the State. Mohammed, who was represented by the Speaker, Bauchi State House of Assembly Abubakar Sulaiman, pointed out that “This primary healthcare revitalisation initiative is aligned with the healthcare blueprint, ‘My Bauchi Projects,’ which aims to strengthen primary healthcare centres to attend to a minimum of PHC’s standard.
“One hundred and twenty-four primary healthcare centres have been selected for phase one revitalisation in the state through the World Bank IMPACT Project.” Related News Stakeholders beg media to champion implementation of Bauchi Child Protection Law NGO advocates sex education in Bauchi schools, retraining of teachers Senator offers 401 Bauchi students scholarship Also speaking, the Executive Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary Health Care Board, Dr Rilwanu Muhammad, acknowledged that, “The state government is doing everything possible to overcome the numerous challenges affecting women and children, particularly in reducing the number of maternal health cases. “The commissioning of six already revitalised Primary Health Care Centers is part of the revitalisation of the 118 PHCs that are ongoing across the state to ensure that every citizen has access to good healthcare services.
” He observed that the duration of the IMPACT Project in the state is ten years, hence the need for target communities to utilise and take ownership of the health facilities provided judiciously for optimum results. Arewa PUNCH gathered that the six primary health care centres commissioned were revitalised by the Immunisation Plus and Malaria Progress by Accelerating Coverage and Transforming Services – IMPACT – through the World Bank in collaboration with the Bauchi State Government..
