THUR, AUGUST 17 2023-theGBJournal |Fifteen percent of the state’s annual budget will be allocated to the provision of healthcare services to the people of Kaduna state, The Governor of Kaduna State,Senator Uba Sani announced today.
Governor Sani made the pledge while hosting a delegation from the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, represented by the Emir of Argungu, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), World Health Organization(WHO), UNICEF and other key stakeholders at the Government House, Kaduna.
The delegation was in Kaduna as part of an advocacy visit to discuss critical matters concerning public health and primary healthcare in Kaduna State.
In his remarks Governor Sani disclosed some health statistics that needed urgent interventions such as the neo-natal mortality rates and the outbreak of diseases like diphtheria, measles and polio.
“The government will control and prevent these viruses, by improving the health indices in the State and strengthening primary healthcare centers.
Additionally, the Kaduna State Contributory Health Insurance Scheme has embarked on a massive enrollment drive to get more residents to access healthcare services at subsidized rates”
The Governor had earlier reiterated his administration’s commitment to enhancing the quality of health care in the improved Primary Healthcare Centres across Kaduna State.
He assured the healthcare centres will be upgraded to increase accessibility, decrease travel time to the facilities and reduce overcrowding in densely populated centres.
Walter Kazadi Mulombo, the WHO Country Representative, recommended that the state government should continue with the Contributory Healthcare Scheme registration drive to maintain inclusiveness, as demonstrated by the Governor’s recently signed Law to Make Provisions for Public Health in the State and Other Related Purposes 2023.
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