Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has announced the commencement of rehabilitation of 70 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) across the state. This was disclosed at the flag-off of the distribution of medical equipment and consumables for all healthcare facilities in the state on Thursday. The Governor revealed that the funding for the rehabilitation of the PHCs has been secured by the state government, adding that the state has already pre-qualified contractors for the project which will be distributed across the 21 local government areas in the state while seven new facilities will be cited in communities without any healthcare facility before now.
Speaking at the ceremony which also marked the commencement of the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) programme for children by the state ministry of health and its donor partners in Lokoja, Governor Ododo reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to revitalizing the health sector in the state. “No one in any part of the state deserves any form of deprivation from accessing quality and affordable healthcare under his administration.” He said Quality healthcare delivery is a multi-dimensional system which depends on joint efforts from Governmental and Non-Governmental Organizations.
Governor Ododo commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for providing interventions in the health sector through development of infrastructure and human resources under the Renewed Hope Agenda of the administration. The Governor equally comm.